Pseudo Foster Kennedy Syndrome secondary to uncontrolled hypertension and diabetes mellitus: A case report

Bhatnagar, Kavita; Raulji, Charu; Kumar, Pooja; Solanki, Dependar

doi:10.4103/0975-2870.128999

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“…2 Other causes which have been reported in the literature include benign intracranial hypertension and optic nerve hypoplasia. 3 To date, there are only a handful of cases that have reported diabetic papillopathy presenting as pseudo-Foster Kennedy. We report here on a case of pseudo-Foster Kennedy secondary to diabetic papillopathy and to describe the findings on visual field assessment and optical coherence tomography of the retinal nerve fibre layers (OCT RNFL) of this patient, which has not been discussed in previous literature.…”

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A Rare Case of Diabetic Papillopathy Presenting with Pseudo-Foster Kennsedy Syndrome

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Jalil

Muhammed

2023

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Pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome (PFKS) is defined as unilateral disc oedema with contralateral optic nerve pallor, in the absence of intracranial pathologies. Diabetic papillopathy is a rare ocular manifestation of diabetes mellitus (DM). We report a rare case of PFKS secondary to diabetic papillopathy in a young patient with type 2 DM who had poor glucose control. There was optic disc swelling over the right eye and optic disc pallor over the left eye. His visual field assessment showed right inferior field defect and general depression in the left. Optical coherence tomography retinal nerve fibre layer showed normal thickness over the right eye and generalized thinning over the left eye. Neuroimaging and other laboratory investigations were unremarkable. With good glycemic control, the optic disc swelling over the right eye resolved. Visual field defect remained the same but retinal nerve fiber layer showed thinning in areas where the edema had resolved.

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confidence: 99%