Foster Kennedy syndrome

Foster Kennedy syndrome
Other namesGowers–Paton–Kennedy syndrome, Kennedy's phenomenon, Kennedy's syndrome
Frontal lobe (on the right)
SpecialtyNeurology 

Foster Kennedy syndrome is a constellation of findings associated with tumors of the frontal lobe.[1]

Although Foster Kennedy syndrome is sometimes called "Kennedy syndrome",[2] it should not be confused with Kennedy disease, or spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, which is named after William R. Kennedy.

Pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome is defined as one-sided optic atrophy with papilledema in the other eye but with the absence of a mass.[3]

  1. ^ "Kennedy syndrome" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
  2. ^ "Foster Kennedy syndrome" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
  3. ^ Bansal S, Dabbs T, Long V (2008). "Pseudo-Foster–Kennedy Syndrome due to unilateral optic nerve hypoplasia: a case report". J Med Case Rep. 2: 86. doi:10.1186/1752-1947-2-86. PMC 2278154. PMID 18348732.
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