Table 1
Characteristics of the 10 patients treated for Coats’ disease
| No. | Age,years* | Presenting visual acuity | Latest visual acuity | Number of quadrants with telangiect-asia* | Retinal detachment* | Macular findings* | Surgery | Treatment during follow-up | Follow-up,years | Comments and status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *At time of presentation to ophthalmologist. | ||||||||||
| C, cryopexy; CF, counts fingers; G, 15% C3F8 gas exchange; I, indirect laser photocoagulation; HM, hand motions; LP, light perception; ?LP, presumed light perception; M, preretinal membrane peel; NLP, no light perception; O, intraocular silicone oil; P, posterior sclerotomy with subretinal fluid drainage; R, retinotomy with subfoveal fibrovascular membrane removal; RD, retinal detachment; SR, subretinal; TPDL, trans-pupillary diode laser; V, vitreous infusion; Vt, vitrectomy. | ||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 20/300 | 20/60 | 2 | Inferior | Fibrosis | V, P, C | TPDL 1 month | 3 | Chronic inferior RD |
| (fig 1) | bullous | postop for | with SR fibrosis | |||||||
| recurrent lesion | ||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | NLP | NLP | 4 | Total | Exudate | V, P, C | None | 2.5 | Phthisical, dense |
| bullous | white cataract | |||||||||
| 3 | 1.8 | ?LP | NLP | 3 | Total | Exudate | V, P, C | Recurrence of | 1 | |
| exudative | ||||||||||
| detachment, | ||||||||||
| declined | ||||||||||
| further | ||||||||||
| treatment | ||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | ?LP | NLP | 3 | Total | Exudate | V, P, C | None | 2 | Periorbital cellulitis, |
| bullous | persistent SR fibrosis | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | LP | NLP | 4 | Total bullous | Fibrosis | V, P, C | None | 2 | Persistent SR fibrosis |
| 6 | 2.5 | NLP | HM | 3 | Total | Exudate | 1) V, P, C | Second surgery at | 4.5 | Silicone oil in-situ, |
| bullous | 2) Vt, M, | 4 months for | persistent SR fibrosis | |||||||
| I, O | persistent RD | |||||||||
| 7 | 7 | CF 1 foot | 20/200 | 2 | Temporal | Organised | Vt, R, G, I | None | 1 | |
| (30.48 cm) | subretinal | |||||||||
| fibrosis | ||||||||||
| 8 | 7 | LP (fig 2) | NLP | 4 | Total | Fibrosis | Vt, P, C, M | 3 laser | 4 | Chronic tractional |
| bullous | detachment and | |||||||||
| preretinal fibrosis | ||||||||||
| 9 | 6 | CF 4 feet | 20/300 | 1 | No | Fibrosis | None | 1 cryopexy | 2 | |
| (1.23 m) | ||||||||||
| 10 | 4.5 | 20/40−2 | 20/300 | 1 | No | Exudate | None | 2 laser | 1 | |
