Report of a patient with Coats’ disease

Authors

  • Carlos Eddy Lima León Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Bienvenido Bello Medina Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Ricardo Granado Pérez Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

retinal diseases/diagnosis, retinal vessels, cryotherapy

Abstract

Coats’ disease is the third most common cause of infant leukocoria. It is more common at the end of the first decade of life and in males, usually unilateral and with no family history. The case of a nine-year-old patient with an advanced stage of the disease is reported. A treatment with peripheral cryotherapy was applied in two sectors. Sector 1: temporal from H3 to H11, and sector 2: inferonasal. A second treatment used laser therapy, applied at the level of the telangiectatic vessels. After two year of follow-up, the patient kept the same visual acuity, there was no retinal detachment, retinal exudates were with no progression and no inherent complications of Coats’ disease have appeared.

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Author Biographies

Carlos Eddy Lima León, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I y II Grado en Oftalmología. Máster en Enfermedades Infecciosas. Profesor Asistente de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Bienvenido Bello Medina, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Oftalmología. Profesor Instructor de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Ricardo Granado Pérez, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I y II Grado en Oftalmología. Profesor Asistente de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

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Lima León CE, Bello Medina B, Granado Pérez R. Report of a patient with Coats’ disease. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2012 Feb. 24 [cited 2025 Jul. 6];6(1):41-3. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/708

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2012): Special Supplement on Surgery

Section

Case Reports

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