An Aggressive Sphenoid Wing Meningioma Causing Foster Kennedy Syndrome
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An Aggressive Sphenoid Wing Meningioma Causing Foster Kennedy Syndrome
Foster Kennedy syndrome is a rare neurological condition with ophthalmic significance that can manifest as acute visual loss. It is classically characterised by unilateral optic nerve atrophy and contralateral papilledema resulting from an intracranial neoplasm. Physicians should consider Foster Kennedy syndrome in patients who present with visual loss and who have a history of intracranial neo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2090-6722,2090-6730
DOI: 10.1155/2012/102365