Pseudo-pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome

J Clin Neuroophthalmol. 1988 Mar;8(1):49-52.

Abstract

An 80-year-old woman presented with a classic story and findings of an anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in her left eye. Her right eye had slow and progressive decreased vision, ostensibly secondary to a cataract. However, the right eye showed slight temporal pallor of the optic disc and a superior temporal field defect was found. Her radiologic exam showed a tuberculum sella meningioma extending into the right optic canal compressing the right optic nerve. Two diseases, ischemic optic neuropathy and meningioma, in one patient may be termed a pseudo-pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cataract / complications*
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / complications*
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / radiotherapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ischemia / complications*
  • Ischemia / diagnosis
  • Ischemia / physiopathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meningioma / complications*
  • Meningioma / physiopathology
  • Meningioma / radiotherapy
  • Optic Nerve / blood supply*
  • Papilledema / complications*
  • Syndrome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vision Disparity
  • Visual Fields