Coats' disease in Tanzania: first case report and literature review.

Background: Coats' disease is an exudative retinal detachment with vascular telangiectasis occurring mostly in male children, the age group most affected by retinoblastoma.

Objectives: Compare the differential diagnoses of Coats' disease Establish recommendation to early disease detection.

Materials And Methods: A 3-year-old female child was referred to Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), Tanzania, in September 2011.