OPTIC ATROPHY AND AN OCULAR COMPLICATION OF DIABETES MELLITUS SIMULATING THE FOSTER KENNEDY SYNDROME
Authors: M KLEIN, E C BRESSLER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Case Reports1 June 1956OPTIC ATROPHY AND AN OCULAR COMPLICATION OF DIABETES MELLITUS SIMULATING THE FOSTER KENNEDY SYNDROMEMARTIN KLEIN, M.D., EDWARD C. BRESSLER, M.D.MARTIN KLEIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EDWARD C. BRESSLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-6-1240 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe syndrome of unilateral optic atrophy with papilledema of the opposite eye was first described in association with basofrontal tumors of the brain by Paton in 1909.1 In 1911 Foster Kennedy,2 whose name has been affixed to this syndrome, presented six cases of basofrontal tumors having these findings, and stated ". . . 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