Retinitis Pigmentosa Associated with Vasoproliferative Tumors and Coats-like Fundus.

[coats disease]

To report two cases of retinitis pigmentosa (RP ) associated with vasoproliferative tumors (VPTs ) and Coats-like fundus .Two patients with RP presented with recent loss of vision due to combined VPTs and Coats-like retinal vascular alterations . One patient had two VPTs with adjacent capillary nonperfusion , telangiectasia and aneurysmal vascular changes in one eye . The other patient had prominent VPT with Coats-like retinal vascular alterations in both eyes . These lesions received treatment resulting in improved vision in both patients .Although rare , VPTs and Coats-like retinal vascular alterations including retinal exudation associated with telangiectatic vessels , aneurysmal changes and capillary nonperfusion may occur in patients with RP .