47 year old man with a peripheral retinal lesion found on routine exam

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Mild mottling of the retinal pigment epithelium in the macula.
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Published: Jul 30, 1997
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Coats disease

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Michael A. Kapusta, MD, FRCS(C)
Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Michael B. Yang, MD
Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Talia Kolin, MD
Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Lawrence P. Chong, MD
Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Abstract

The patient is a 47-year-old man who presented for a routine eye exam. He had a history of laser photocoagulation in the right eye twenty years ago. There were no other ocular problems except for myopia, and he expressed an interest in laser photorefractive keratotomy.

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Kapusta MA, Yang MB, Kolin T, Chong LP. 47 year old man with a peripheral retinal lesion found on routine exam. Digit J Ophthalmol. 1997;3(3). Accessed April 30, 2026. https://djo.harvard.edu/index.php/djo/article/view/938
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Vol. 3 No. 3 (1997)
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