Foster Kennedy Syndrome
Foster Kennedy Syndrome
The Foster Kennedy syndrome consists of optic atrophy in one eye with optic disc edema in the other eye, due to a tumor compressing one optic nerve (to produce atrophy) and causing raised intracranial pressure (to produce contralateral papilledema). A pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome is described in consecutive acute ischemic optic neuropathy.
References
Kennedy F. Retrobulbar neuritis as an exact diagnostic sign of certain tumors and abscesses in the frontal lobe. American Journal of MedicalScience 1911; 142: 355-368.
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