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Coats’ disease

Thursday 22 December 2016

exudative retinitis, retinal telangiectasis

Definition: Coats’ disease is a rare congenital, nonhereditary eye disorder, causing full or partial blindness, characterized by abnormal development of blood vessels behind the retina. Coats’ disease can also fall under glaucoma.

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- 9 yo, M, eye : retinal detachment, telangiectasias, cholesterol clefts, reactive gliosis : Coats´ disease