| Coats' disease | |
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| Other names | Exudative retinitis , Retinal telangiectasis, Coates' disease |
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| Clinical photography of patient with Coats' disease, showing conjunctival hyperemia, mild corneal edema, posterior synechiae and cataract | |
| Specialty | Ophthalmology  |
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.
It can have a similar presentation to that of retinoblastoma.[1]
- ^ Shields CL, Uysal Y, Benevides R, Eagle RC, Malloy B, Shields JA (2006). "Retinoblastoma in an eye with features of Coats' disease". J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 43 (5): 313–5. doi:10.3928/01913913-20060901-08. PMID 17022167.