Ophthalmology · Ophthalmology / Strabismus and neuro-ophthalmology
Foster Kennedy syndrome
also: Kennedy syndrome
Ipsilateral optic atrophy with contralateral papilledema.
- Specialty
- Ophthalmology
- Subspecialty
- Ophthalmology / Strabismus and neuro-ophthalmology
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: rare
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Kennedy syndrome
Etiology & mechanism
Compressive lesion of the optic nerve with raised intracranial pressure.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (5)
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