Coats disease in a female child in Colombia: A surgical success

Abstract

This article aims to report the case of a female child with Coats disease stage 5 who underwent posterior vitrectomy plus perfluorocarbon liquid injection, internal drainage, endolaser, and cryotherapy. Follow-up of the patient showed that although visual recovery was not able to achieve due to its severity, and anatomical preservation of the eye with an appropriate surgical approach was guaranteed.

Keywords

• coats disease
• exudative retinopathy
• retinal telangiectasias