Interstitial keratitis and deafness in a patient with cutaneous sarcoidosis.

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  • S De Smedt
  • W Ayliffe
چکیده

We report a case of interstitial keratitis and progressive hearing loss in a young female patient with biopsy proven cutaneous sarcoidosis. This rare sequence of ophthalmological and auditory signs in sarcoidosis mimicks Cogan's syndrome.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Bulletin de la Societe belge d'ophtalmologie

دوره 281  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001