Q; What is Foster Kennedy syndrome?

Answer:

Foster Kennedy syndrome  is a group of findings associated with tumors of the frontal lobe. It causes optic atrophy in the ipsilateral eye but disc edema in the contralateral eye. Also, it cause central scotoma in the ipsilateral eye and anosmia ipsilaterally.

Usually intracranial mass and increase ICP causes optic nerve and olfactory nerve compression.

It may cause other frontal lobe symptoms too like memory loss, emotional lability etc.