Fovea-threatening and fovea-involving peripheral Coats disease: effects of posture and intervention

ABSTRACT:

Background

We believe that our experience with patients presenting with Coats disease and macular sparing should be shared with our colleagues. We would like to show the effect of posture and prompt intervention in cases with fovea-threatening and/or fovea-involving peripheral Coats disease (FTPCD). This association has been poorly debated in our specialty and literature. We call the attention for the unexpexted scenario of observing the lost of the fovea during some types of traditional and prompt interventional treatments of these cases with previous 20/20 vision (something that we have been studying and observing for many years). In order to publish our best representative cases, we have chosen 8 Brazilian patients (age range, 7–62 years; 5 male) with FTPCD. All patients underw

SUBMITTER: de Souza E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9205031 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature