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A case of Foster Kennedy syndrome without frontal lobe or anterior cranial fossa involvement

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Foster Kennedy syndrome is a very rare syndrome which includes ipsilateral optic atrophy and central scotoma, anosmia, contralateral papilledema, and, occasionally, ipsilateral proptosis. A large frontal lobe, olfactory groove, or medial third sphenoidal wing tumor, usually a meningioma, creates this syndrome. In this report, the author presents a case of metastastic cerebral tumor with Foster Kennedy syndrome but without frontal lobe or anterior cranial fossa involvement.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Vakif Gureba Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ahmet Yildizhan

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Yildizhan, A. A case of Foster Kennedy syndrome without frontal lobe or anterior cranial fossa involvement. Neurosurg. Rev. 15, 139–142 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00313511

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