Coats Disease

 

📌 First Description

• 1908 – George Coats (1876–1915)

  • A Scottish ophthalmologist, George Coats, first described the condition in his paper “Forms of Retinitis with Massive Exudation”.

  • He detailed the presence of abnormal retinal vessels, lipid-rich subretinal exudation, and progressive retinal detachment.

  • This became known as Coats disease.

Initially, Coats disease was thought to be a form of retinitis (inflammatory retinal disease).

Over time, with more histopathological studies, it was recognized as a primary retinal vascular disorder rather than inflammation.

                                                                

                                                                 COATS DISEASE 

                                       Abnormal Development Of Blood Vessels In Retina 

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