Cogan ' S Syndrome
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CLINICAL CASE Patient: A 28 year old man, Caucasian. Chief complain 3/2000: Redness and light sensitivity in both eyes. Past ocular history: Two year history of bilateral keratitis treated with topical steroids with initial improvement and subsequently become unresponsive. Past medical history: Idiopathic hearing loss since 1996, unresponsive to systemic cyclophosphamide and high doses of prednisone. Review of systems: Headache: constant and in the frontal region, poorly responsive to conventional pain medications. Back pain and arthralgia. Subcutaneous nodules, rash on the volar part of the left arm.
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