Godtfredsen syndrome

Godtfredsen syndrome

An obsolete term that formerly dignified the unilateral neurologic symptoms caused by infiltrating nasopharyngeal malignancies.

Godtfredsen,

Erik, English ophthalmologist, 1913–. Godtfredsen syndrome - invasive tumor of the cavernous sinus causing ipsilateral blindness, trigeminal neuralgia, paralysis of 12th cranial nerve, and ophthalmoplegia.