title: An atypical case of Foster Kennedy syndrome.
abstract: Foster-Kennedy syndrome was described in 1911 as an ophthalmologic manifestation of compression by a solid tumor in the frontal area with intracranial hypertension (ICHT). We describe a peculiar case of Foster-Kennedy syndrome associated with an arteriovenous malformation in which neither optic nerve compression nor ICHT was obvious. We discuss the different pathogenic mechanisms to explain this case, for which a chronic venous hypertension was the most probable etiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bicêtre, Université Paris Sud, Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozanne
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Offret
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ducreux
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Labetoulle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006940:Hyperemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014794:Visual Fields