title: [Atypical Cogan syndrome].
abstract: Atypical Cogan syndrome is a systemic vascular disease close to Cogan syndrome. It is characterized by different ocular manifestations associated with Ménière-like audiovestibulatory dysfunction with symptoms arising more than 2 years before or after the ocular abnormalities. We report the case of a 63-year-old woman whose ocular manifestations involved alternating scleritis, myositis and uveitis associated with audiovestibulatory signs, and the onset of ocular muscle and nerve palsies. In the light of this observation, we discuss the clinical characteristics, diagnostic means, differential diagnoses and therapeutic modalities of this syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balayre
authors.forename: J-J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gicquel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mercie
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dighiero
mesh_terms: D003638:Deafness / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000175:diagnosis; D015423:Scleritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013577:Syndrome; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis*