Long‐term outcome of Coats' disease: Implications for the classification of foveal vascular pathologies
Based on our analyses, it is suggested to amend the well-defined and established classification system according to Shields by sub-dividing stage 2B (telangiectasia and exudation with foveal exudation) into 2B1 (telangiectasia and exudation with foveal exudation) and 2B2 (telangiectasia and exudation with foveal exudation and foveal Coats' typical vascular abnormalities), since both subgroups significantly differ with respect to prognosis of visual acuity.
Authors
- Sibylle Winterhalter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8509-5149)
- B Müller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8319-2305)
- Shideh Schönfeld
- Claudia Brockmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4753-3045)
- Oliver Zeitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4115-7728)
- Antonia Maria Joussen
Institutions
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Ophthalmologica
- Published
- 2025-07-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/aos.17554
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Ocular Oncology and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.71