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The deposition of calcium salts in the cornea and conjunctiva of patients with hypercalcaemia has been noted for some time, especially in the conditions of hyperparathyroidism (Cogan, Albright, and Bartter, 1948; Walsh and Murray, 1953), sarcoidosis (Cogan and others, 1948; Walsh and Murray, I953; Crick, Hoyle, and Smellie, I961; Cogan and Henneman, 1957), and vitamin D intoxication (Walsh and ...

Iris mammillations are dark brown, smooth, mound- or dome-shaped protuberances that are typically found on the anterior iris surface and are presumed to be congenital in origin. This congenital anomaly is usually unilateral and can be hereditary or sporadic. Lisch nodules in neurofibromatosis, tapioca melanoma of the iris, inflammatory iris granulomata and Cogan-Reese syndrome should be conside...

In 1913, Prezzolini and Bârâny described lateral and upwards conjugate deviation of the eyes upon forced closure of the eyelids in patients with intracranial disease. Cogan emphasized the value of the sign in the lateralization of cerebral lesions and called it spasticity of conjugate gaze. It is elicited by asking the patient to close his eyes while the exam­ iner forcibly keeps the eyelids op...

In this paper, we estimate the effect of the tax preference for insurance on health spending based on the Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys from 1996-2005. We use the fact that Social Security taxes are only levied on earnings below a statutory threshold to identify the tax preference's impact. Because employer-sponsored health insurance premiums are excluded from Social Security payroll taxes,...

BEFORE the introduction of enzymatic zonulysis by Joaquin Barraquer (1958), the normal procedure of senile lens extraction was either by intraor extra-capsular extraction, or, more recently, by the use of the erisophake. This latter operation can be done with much greater facility by the use of the enzyme, as has been demonstrated by Barraquer (1958), Cogan (1958), and Cogan, Symons, and Gibbs ...

Background: Cogan’s syndrome is a rare autoimmune vasculitis (less than 300 cases described in the literature) characterized its typical form by cochleovestibular involvement, interstitial keratitis, and an inflammatory involvement of large vessels. It frequently accompanied general signs cardio-vascular, rheumatologic, digestive complications. Its management essentially based on use corticoste...

Delcourt A, Godeau P, Piette JC. Endomyocardial fibrosis in Behcet’s disease. Ann Rheum Dis 1997;56:205–208. 90. Albayram MS, Wityk R, Yousem DM, Zinreich SJ. The cerebral angiographic findings in Cogan syndrome. Am J Neuroradiol 2001;22:751–754. 91. Lunardi C, Bason C, Leandri M, Navone R, Lestani M, Millo E, Benatti U, Cilli M, Beri R, Corrocher R, Puccetti A. Autoantibodies to inner ear and ...

BACKGROUND Iridocorneal endothelial (ICE) syndrome occurs mainly in young and middle-aged women and typically presents as a unilateral disease characterized by abnormalities of the iris and corneal endothelium. While the ICE syndrome is known to be associated with glaucoma and bullous keratopathy, to our knowledge, only two cases of ICE syndrome complicated with cystoid macular edema (CME) have...