Sturge-Weber syndrome

Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a rare congenital neurocutaneous disorder characterized by facial capillary malformations and/or cerebral and ocular ipsilateral vascular malformations that result in variable degrees of ocular and neurological anomalies.

Hemiatrophy

Undergrowth of the limbs that affects only one side.


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PMID (PMCID)
10742994
 MALE
[Sturge-Weber syndrome: differential diagnosis of neurocysticercosis].
Stokes AC, Hernandez-Cossio O, Hernandez-Fustes OJ, Munhoz RP, Hernandez-Fustes OJ, Francisco AN.
Rev Neurol. 2000;30(1):41-4.
The Sturge-Weber syndrome is characterized by facial cutaneous angioma associated with leptomeningeal and cerebral angioma, typically ipsilateral to the facial lesion, which is accompanied by convulsions, mental retardation, contralateral hemiparesia, hemiatrophy, homonymous hemianopsia and glaucoma.
431990
 FEMALE Infant, Newborn
Intracranial calcification in a neonate with the Sturge Weber syndrome and additional problems.
Alonso A, Taboada D, Ceres L, Beltran J, Olague R, Nogues A.
Pediatr Radiol. 1979;8(1):39-41.
The neonate in this report had severe encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis with intracranial calcification, cranial hemiatrophy, microcephaly and generalised severe cerebral atrophy.