%0 Journal Article %T Enfermedad de Coats de comienzo en adulto %A Andonegui %A J. %A Aranguren %A M. %A Ber¨¢stegui %A L. %J Archivos de la Sociedad Espa£¿ola de Oftalmolog¨ªa %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4321/S0365-66912008000200010 %X case report: we report a 66-year-old male who exhibited an exudative retinal vasculopathy, diagnosed as coats disease of adult onset, treated with laser photocoagulation. discussion: most cases of coats disease are diagnosed in childhood. when this entity appears in adults it usually exhibits a more benign clinical course. diagnosis of this condition must be considered in those patients showing a retinal vasculopathy with a marked exudative component. treatment is indicated if the fovea is threatened by lipid deposition. %K coats disease %K adult onset %K retinal exudative vasculopathy. %U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0365-66912008000200010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en