Cogan-I-syndrome interstitial keratitis with sudden deafness

Abstract

The present paper records the case of a young man, aged 19, with influenza followed suddenly by a Cogan-I-syndrome. The corneal infiltrations recede after local treatment with prednisolone, an effect which cannot be observed at the beginning of the disease under the same therapy. At the end of the illness only a few corneal alterations are detectable. Both vestibula are inactive, the patient remains deaf except for residual hearing on the left side. Possible causes of the syndrome are discussed with the aid of the available literature, and diseases with similar symptomatology are mentioned. © 1972 Springer-Verlag.