| Identifier |
walsh_1990_s1_c4 |
| Title |
Reverse Foster Kennedy Syndrome: Inappropriate Optic Atrophy |
| Creator |
Anthony C. Arnold, MD, UCLA |
| Subject |
Optic Nerve Diseases; Nerve Compression Syndromes; Optic Neuritis; Papilledema; Meningioma |
| History |
A 33-year old male with a 2-year history of slowly progressive, painless loss of vision OS. Previous history significant for esotropia, mild amblyopia and a 5-year history of fronto-temporal headache. |
| Pathology |
Foster-Kennedy Syndrome |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Right fronto-parietal meningioma with secondary left optic neuropathy due to compression by displaced brain tissue |
| Clinical |
VA: Best corrected, 20/25 OD, CF OS; RAPD OS |
| Presenting Symptom |
loss of vision OS |
| Neuroimaging |
CT |
| Treatment |
Surgery |
| References |
1. Kennedy RF: Retrobulbar neuritis as an exact diagnostic sign of certain tumors and abscesses in the frontal lobes. Am J Med Sci 142:355-368, 1911. 2. Walsh FB, Hoyt WF: Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1969, pp. 2167-2174. 3. Bruntse E; Unilateral papilledema in neurosurgical patients. Acta Ophthalmol 48:759-765,, 1970. 4. Lindenberg R, Walsh FB, Sacks JG: Neuropathology of Vision: an Atlas. Philadelphl Si / L6d & Febiger, 1973, pp. 208-211. 5. Klingele TG, Gado MH, Burde RM, et al: Compression of the anterior visual system by the gyrus rectus. Case report. J Neurosurg 55:272-275, 1981. 6. Neville RG, Greenblatt SH, Kollarits CR: Foster Kennedy syndrome and an optociliary vein in a patient with a falx meningioma. J Clin Neuro-Ophthalmol 4:97-101, 1984. |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
1990 Walsh Proceedings |
| Relation is Part of |
Case presented at the NANOS 1990 Walsh Session, February 16-17 Contributor Primary |
| Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
| Publisher |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Holding Institution |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416 |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6dv1nqh |
| Contributor Primary |
Arnold, Anthony C. |
| Contributor Secondary |
Helpler, Robert S. |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID |
178783 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dv1nqh |
