A Rare Case of Pseudo Foster Kennedy Syndrome In a HIV Positive Patient
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Pseudo-Foster Kennedy Syndrome - a case report.
Objective: To report a case of Pseudo-Foster Kennedy (PFK) syndrome and describe its clinical and paraclinical particularities, as well as the diagnostic difficulties and established treatment. Methods: The case of a 60-year-old male patient with sudden, painless visual impairment in the left eye (LE), and a medical history of old optic nerve atrophy in his right eye (RE) was described. Results...
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عنوان ژورنال: Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0972-0200
DOI: 10.7869/djo.60