Foster Kennedy syndrome due to meningioma growth during pregnancy

Federico Rodríguez-Porcel, Ian Hughes, Douglas Anderson, John Lee, José Biller

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Abstract

Tumors of the olfactory groove may cause unilateral optic atrophy with contralateral papilledema and anosmia (Foster Kennedy syndrome). We describe a case of a young pregnant woman with Foster Kennedy syndrome due to an olfactory groove meningioma.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberArticle 183
JournalFrontiers in Neurology
Volume4 NOV
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Anosmia
  • Foster Kennedy syndrome
  • Meningioma
  • Optic disk atrophy
  • Papilledema
  • Pregnancy

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