[COGAN SYNDROME - CASE PRESENTATION WITH PROGRESSIVE OCULAR INVOLVEMENT]
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Author Spotlight: Anterior HR-OCT as a Non-Invasive Tool for Characterizing Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia
Published on: August 9, 2024
Amir Abd Elkader1, Irit Bahar2, Eitan Livny2
1Department of Ophthalmology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
Introduction:
A 74-year-old female patient suffering from Cogan's syndrome, presented to our department with slow progression bilateral corneal clouding, leading to reduced vision in her right eye. Recently, the patient underwent combined surgery of penetrating keratoplasty with cataract extraction, which improved her vision significantly. Cogan syndrome is a rare progressive systemic disease with potentially severe visual impairment. Disease diagnosis is challenging and is conducted by exclusion. Patients can benefit from keratoplasty in progressive disease manifestation.
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