A Case of Coats' Disease With Spontaneous Peeling of Premacular Membrane After Photocoagulation.

Lee, Na Eun; Chung, In Young; Seo, Seong Wook; Park, Jong Moon; Song, Jun Kyoung

doi:2010.51.4.623

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 51(4); 2010 > Article

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2010;51(4):623-625.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2010.51.4.623 Published online April 15, 2010.

A Case of Coats' Disease With Spontaneous Peeling of Premacular Membrane After Photocoagulation.

Na Eun Lee, In Young Chung, Seong Wook Seo, Jong Moon Park, Jun Kyoung Song

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea. inyoung@gnu.ac.kr
²Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea.

코우츠병 환자에서 레이저광응고술 시행 후 자연 치유된 황반 망막 전막 1예

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Department of Ophthalmology, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine¹, Jinju, Korea Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University², Jinju, Korea

Abstract

PURPOSE
To report a patient with Coats' disease who presented with a premacular membrane that was peeled off after laser photocoagulation. CASE SUMMARY: A 17-year-old male presented with decreased visual acuity of the right eye, and showed serous elevation, subretinal hemorrhage, telangiectasis and thick premacular membrane upon fundus examination. Upon diagnosis with Coats' disease, the telangiectatic area was treated with argon laser photocoagulation. Two weeks later, the premacular membrane was peeled off spontaneously and the decrease of macular thickness was verified by optical coherence tomography (OCT). The patient's visual acuity was improved to 1.0. CONCLUSIONS: The visual acuity of the patient with Coats' disease was improved by spontaneous peeling of the premacular membrane after photocoagulation.

Key Words: Coats' disease;Photocoagulation;Premacular membrane