Pseudo-Foster Kennedy Syndrome due to unilateral optic nerve hypoplasia: a case report
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Pseudo-Foster Kennedy Syndrome due to unilateral optic nerve hypoplasia: a case report
INTRODUCTION Pseudo-Foster Kennedy Syndrome is described as unilateral optic disc swelling with contralateral optic atrophy in the absence of an intracranial mass causing compression of the optic nerve. This occurs typically due to bilateral sequential optic neuritis or ischaemic optic neuropathy. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a case of pseudo-Foster Kennedy Syndrome in a two year old boy wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Case Reports
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-86