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 Ken...

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Main Authors:	Walia, Harpreet S., Grumbine, F. Lawson, Sawhney, Gagan K., Risner, David S., Palejwala, Neal V., Emanuel, Matthew E., Walia, Sandeep S.
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3362818/

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spelling	pubmed-33628182012-06-04 An Aggressive Sphenoid Wing Meningioma Causing Foster Kennedy Syndrome Walia, Harpreet S. Grumbine, F. Lawson Sawhney, Gagan K. Risner, David S. Palejwala, Neal V. Emanuel, Matthew E. Walia, Sandeep S. Case Report 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 neoplasm. In addition to ophthalmologic examination, neuroimaging is essential for the diagnosis of Foster Kennedy syndrome. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-05-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3362818/ /pubmed/22666616 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/102365 Text en Copyright © 2012 Harpreet S. Walia et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Walia, Harpreet S. Grumbine, F. Lawson Sawhney, Gagan K. Risner, David S. Palejwala, Neal V. Emanuel, Matthew E. Walia, Sandeep S.
spellingShingle	Walia, Harpreet S. Grumbine, F. Lawson Sawhney, Gagan K. Risner, David S. Palejwala, Neal V. Emanuel, Matthew E. Walia, Sandeep S. An Aggressive Sphenoid Wing Meningioma Causing Foster Kennedy Syndrome
author_facet	Walia, Harpreet S. Grumbine, F. Lawson Sawhney, Gagan K. Risner, David S. Palejwala, Neal V. Emanuel, Matthew E. Walia, Sandeep S.
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title	An Aggressive Sphenoid Wing Meningioma Causing Foster Kennedy Syndrome
title_short	An Aggressive Sphenoid Wing Meningioma Causing Foster Kennedy Syndrome
title_full	An Aggressive Sphenoid Wing Meningioma Causing Foster Kennedy Syndrome
title_fullStr	An Aggressive Sphenoid Wing Meningioma Causing Foster Kennedy Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed	An Aggressive Sphenoid Wing Meningioma Causing Foster Kennedy Syndrome
title_sort	aggressive sphenoid wing meningioma causing foster kennedy syndrome
description	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 neoplasm. In addition to ophthalmologic examination, neuroimaging is essential for the diagnosis of Foster Kennedy syndrome.
publisher	Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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An Aggressive Sphenoid Wing Meningioma Causing Foster Kennedy Syndrome

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