Papilledema as a 'false' localizing sign

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-71

  Mariniello, Giuseppe ^a   Bonavolontà, Giulio ^a   Divitiis, Enrico de ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foster Kennedy syndrome; Papilledema; Sphenoid wing meningioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CRANIOTOMY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLEDEMA; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0036139737     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(01)00185-8     Document Type: Article

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2. Non-tumor causes of the Foster-Kennedy syndrome
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4. Bilateral optic nerve compression as a mechanism for the Foster-Kennedy syndrome
5. Unilateral optic disk edema and a contralateral temporal fossa mass
6. The Foster-Kennedy sign: a case with papilledema contralateral to a sphenoid wing meningioma but without apparent optic atrophy