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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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Coats' disease - disease of the eye rarely encountered by pathologists
Hilda Fernandes1, T Umashankar1, Anto J Richie2, Sunayana Hegde3
1 Department of Pathology, Fr. Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Radiology, Fr. Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
3 Department of Ophtholmology, Fr. Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Hilda Fernandes
Department of Pathology, Fr. Muller Medical College, Mangalore - 575 002, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_826_16
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Coats' Disease is an idiopathic condition of the eye affecting young children although it can be seen in adults. Most patients present early in life with unilateral decreased vision, strabismus or leukocoria. The most important differential diagnosis is unilateral retinoblastoma. In this study we report a case of coat's disease in an young girl, and evaluate histopathological and clinical findings.
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