SAGE Journals Online
Advertisement
Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Advertisement

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Journal of Child Neurology
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Pysden, K. S.
Right arrow Articles by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Pysden, K. S.
Right arrow Articles by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust,
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Cogan's Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Meningoencephalitis

Karen S. Pysden, MBChB, MRCPCH

Paediatric Neurology Department, Clarendon Wing, Leeds General Infirmary, Belmont Grove, Leeds, United Kingdom, karen.pysden{at}leedsth.nhs.uk

Vernon Long, FRCOphth

Ophthalmology Department, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom

Colin D. Ferrie, MD, MRCP, FRCPCH

Paediatric Neurology Department, Clarendon Wing, Leeds General Infirmary, Belmont Grove, Leeds, United Kingdom

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

We report a 14-year-old boy who presented with meningoencephalitis. Other features particularly auditory, vestibular, and ocular lead to the diagnosis of Cogan's syndrome. Treatment with prednisolone resulted in a rapid improvement and recovery of his hearing. Cogan's syndrome is a rare primary vasculitis, characterized by ocular, auditory, and vestibular symptoms, which can have significant morbidity and mortality. Presentation with a meningoencephailitic picture is unusual. Increased awareness of its clinical features among pediatricians and pediatric neurologists should lead to earlier diagnosis and increased recognition of the serious systemic manifestations. Early use of prednisolone can prevent hearing loss and can also be useful in treating the other vasculitic manifestations.

Key Words: Cogan's syndrome • cerebral vasculitis • meningoencephalitis

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 24, No. 6, 753-757 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808329533
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?




Advertisement