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Case Reports
. 2021 Jun 1;41(2):e217-e219.
doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001091.

Compressive Optic Disc Edema and Contralateral Papilledema: Type 2 Foster Kennedy Variant Syndrome

Jason Zehden  1 , Shruthi Harish Bindiganavile, Nita Bhat, Andrew G Lee
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Case Reports

Compressive Optic Disc Edema and Contralateral Papilledema: Type 2 Foster Kennedy Variant Syndrome

Jason Zehden et al. J Neuroophthalmol. .

Abstract

A 43-year-old woman presented with progressive anosmia, self-neglect, and lethargy for 1 year. Brain MRI demonstrated a mass that was compressing the optic nerve in the right eye and had a significant mass effect and cerebral edema producing increased intracranial pressure. Examination revealed the patient to have a variant of Foster Kennedy syndrome involving ipsilateral compressive optic neuropathy with superimposed optic disc edema and contralateral papilledema.

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