[Cogan's syndrome revealed by haemorrhagic glairous diarrhoea].
BACKGROUND
Cogan's syndrome is defined by the combination of non syphilitic interstitial keratitis and inner ear dysfunction, similar to Meniere's disease.


METHODS
Cogan's syndrome was revealed by haemorrhagic glaireous diarrhoea in a 21 year-old woman whose medical history included Hirschsprung's disease. Cerebral MRI revealed viral-like bilateral neuritis of the eighth cranial nerve, never described in the literature before. The auditory and visual disorders regressed after treatment with corticosteroids.


CONCLUSIONS
The early diagnosis of Cogan's syndrome permits the cure of the visual and auditory and notably inner ear symptoms with corticosteroid therapy.
Bursztejn
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Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Clinique médicale A, Hôpitaux universitaires, Fédération des services de médecine interne, Hôpital, BP 426, 67091 Strasbourg cedex, France. acbursztejn@hotmail.com
Lesens
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O
Hansmann
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Y
Methlin
T
T
Perrin
A-E
AE
Veillon
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F
Christmann
D
D
D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001299:Audiometry; D003056:Cochlear Nerve; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D007759:Labyrinth Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011379:Prognosis; D013577:Syndrome; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D000160:Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011241:Prednisone