Vitrectomy for a secondary epiretinal membrane following treatment of adult-onset Coats' disease.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report a case of adult-onset Coats' disease that had worsening of macular edema and progressive macular traction following cryotherapy and repeated intravitreal bevacizumab injections due to formation of a secondary epiretinal membrane which only improved following pars plana vitrectomy and membrane peeling.

Observations

A 35-year-old male presented with diminution of vision in his left eye and was found to have localized telangiectatic retinal vessels and aneurysmal dilatations with massive exudation and cystoid macular edema. He was diagnosed as adult-onset Coats' disease and treated with cryotherapy and a concomitant intravitreal injection of 2.5 mg bevacizumab followed by 3 monthly intravitreal injections of 2.5 mg bevacizumab and a single injection of 4 mg tr

SUBMITTER: Elnahry AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6624194 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature