Foster Kennedy Syndrome (FKS): A Case Report

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

 

This is a presentation of two cases of alleged Foster-Kennedy syndrome.

This cannot be a case series, since there are only two reported patients, and for case series there should be four or more patients.

The authors put effort into this manuscript, but I personally have some dilemmas:

PAGE  1 LINE 39 „different diseases of the optic nerve present simultaneously “ I would rather say two different findings or presentations on optic disc, since one of them is edema, and the other is atrophy.

PAGE 2 LINE 73 “ocular antioxidant capsules” – please state precisely the name of those capsules.

PAGE 3 LINE 89 Why blood pressure data is relevant in this case? We do not have the data on this the first time he presented, only for follow-ups.

PAGE 3 LINE 92 “presbyo-pia” change to presbyopia

PAGE 3 LINE  93„. The patient was dispensed with …” change to discharged from the hospital.

When was MRIdone, in relation to the time of admission?

PAGE 3 LINE 132 “An initial assessment of bilateral papilledema secondary to raised intracranial hypertension” – if she had bilateral papilledema, than it is not Foster-Kennedy syndrome. Change “raised intracranial hypertension” if it is raised, than it is hypertension…

PAGE 3 LINE 132 „bilat-eral” change to bilateral

Why was the second patient on antiglaucoma medication? At her age (30 years), and with CD ratio of 0.1?

Author Response

Please see the attachment.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

- Line 56: should be "infectious"

- Line 77: perhaps: "could not explain the symptoms"

- A discussion about the typical tumors associated with FKS would be good.

- A further discussion about pseudo-FKS with subsequent NAION would be good.

Author Response

Please see the attachment.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Thank you for accepting my suggestions. Best regards