Foster Kennedy Syndrome Produced by Myelomatous Deposits in the Skull
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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: BMJ
سال: 1955
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.4915.708