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Foster Kennedy Syndrome: Revisiting a Classical Phenomenon

  • Juan Jose Díaz-Vintimilla
  • , C. Méndez-González
  • , F. Díaz-Heredia
  • , F. Pérez-Allende
  • , D. Romero-Cano

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Abstract

Foster Kennedy Syndrome is a classic, yet rare, neuro-ophthalmologic syndrome due to an intracranial mass, most often a tumor, that consists of optic atrophy on the same side of the lesion and contralateral papilledema. We present the case of a 48-year-old female patient with decreased visual acuity and the typical clinical features described above due to a sphenoid wing meningioma. Although not a common condition, Foster Kennedy Syndrome should always be kept in mind in a patient with visual disturbances secondary to an intracranial mass.

Translated title of the contributionSíndrome de Foster Kennedy: Revisando un Fenómeno Clásicon
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)40-42
Number of pages3
JournalArchivos de Neurociencias
Volume26
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Case report
  • Foster Kennedy Syndrome
  • Meningioma
  • Optic atrophy
  • Papilledema

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