Pseudo-Foster Kennedy Syndrome as a Rare Presentation of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
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pseudo-foster kennedy syndrome as a rare presentation of vitamin b12 deficiency
conclusions demyelinating disease, anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, autoimmune disease, and hereditary optic neuropathy could cause optic neuropathy. normal cbc parameters and the absence of clinical manifestations of vitamin b12 deficiency could not rule out its diagnosis. careful physical examinations and history-taking with a classical app...
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INTRODUCTION Pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome is a triad consisting of ipsilateral optic atrophy, contralateral optic disc edema, and ipsilateral anosmia in the absence of an intracranial mass. Vitamin B12 plays an important role in DNA synthesis, and its deficiency causes peripheral neuropathy, myeloneuropathy, and, very rarely, optic neuropathy. CASE PRESENTATION In this study, we describe a ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2074-1804,2074-1812
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.24610