1.
Ophthalmologe
; 105(8): 761-4, 2008 Aug.
Artigo
em Alemão
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18299842
RESUMO
Advanced Coats' disease is one of the most difficult differential diagnoses of retinoblastoma in early childhood. We describe the clinical and histological findings in two boys, ages 9 months and 21 months, with unilateral leucocoria. Despite comprehensive diagnostics that included examination under general anaesthesia, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound, retinoblastoma could not be excluded, and the eyes were enucleated. Histological diagnosis of Coats' disease was confirmed. Because differentiation between retinoblastoma and Coats' disease may be difficult, enucleation seems to be indicated in uncertain cases due to the reduced visual prognosis and the risk of secondary complications in advanced Coats' disease.
Assuntos
Doenças Retinianas/congênito , Hemorragia Retiniana/congênito , Hemorragia Retiniana/diagnóstico , Neoplasias da Retina/diagnóstico , Retinoblastoma/diagnóstico , Telangiectasia/congênito , Telangiectasia/diagnóstico , Calcinose/diagnóstico , Calcinose/patologia , Calcinose/cirurgia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Fundo de Olho , Humanos , Lactente , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Retina/patologia , Descolamento Retiniano/diagnóstico , Descolamento Retiniano/patologia , Descolamento Retiniano/cirurgia , Doenças Retinianas/diagnóstico , Doenças Retinianas/patologia , Doenças Retinianas/cirurgia , Hemorragia Retiniana/patologia , Hemorragia Retiniana/cirurgia , Neoplasias da Retina/patologia , Neoplasias da Retina/cirurgia , Vasos Retinianos/patologia , Retinoblastoma/patologia , Retinoblastoma/cirurgia , Telangiectasia/patologia , Telangiectasia/cirurgia , Ultrassonografia
2.
Ophthalmologe
; 104(12): 1072-4, 2007 Dec.
Artigo
em Alemão
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17431634