Foster-Kennedy syndrome caused by solitary intracranial plasmacytoma

Surg Neurol. 1983 Mar;19(3):267-72. doi: 10.1016/s0090-3019(83)80014-7.

Abstract

The first case of typical Foster-Kennedy syndrome, including decreased olfaction of the side of the optic atrophy due to a primary solitary intracranial extraskeletal plasmacytoma, is reported. Its appearance on a computed tomography scan was compatible with a meningioma or subdural hematoma. The patient demonstrated a chronic, corticosteroid-sensitive, relapsing optic neuropathy associated with an elevated sedimentation rate and a monoclonal gammopathy. The diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of such tumors are reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / complications*
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Dura Mater*
  • Edema / etiology*
  • Eye Diseases / etiology
  • Eye Diseases / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Optic Atrophy / etiology*
  • Optic Disk* / pathology
  • Plasmacytoma / complications*
  • Plasmacytoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Plasmacytoma / pathology
  • Radiography