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PAOLACCI S, MATTASSI RE, CAVALCA D, MICHELINI S, ZULIAN A, CRISTOFOLI F, MANARA E, MARCEDDU G, BERTELLI M. Genetic testing in vascular and lymphatic malformations. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY 2021. [DOI: 10.23736/s1824-4777.21.01487-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Ishikawa H, Ii Y, Niwa A, Matsuura K, Maeda M, Tomimoto H. A case of 55-year-old man with first-ever generalized seizure diagnosed with Sturge-Weber syndrome type III by characteristic MRI findings. Rinsho Shinkeigaku 2017; 57:214-219. [PMID: 28450688 DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-001006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A 55-year-old man with no mental retardation had presented a history of frequent transient clumsiness of his right upper and lower extremities for about 20 years. He was admitted to a general hospital with weakness of right side of the body, and first-ever generalized seizure attack occurred the next day. Brain CT showed calcification in the left cerebral cortices. So he was referred to our hospital. On neurological examination, he had mild clumsiness of his right upper limb and right pyramidal tract sign. He had neither facial port-wine stain nor glaucoma. The blood test and cerebrospinal fluid analysis were unremarkable. Electroencephalogram showed slowing and reduction of activity at the left frontal and parietal areas with no epileptic activities. Brain CT showed "tram-track calcification" and lobar atrophy in the left fronto-parietal cortices. Susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) on MRI revealed enlarged transmedullary veins in the left periventricular white matter and low intensity lesions along the cortical gyri. Post gadolinium fluid-attenuated inversion recovery imaging (FLAIR-Gd) showed leptomeningeal enhancement in the left fronto-parietal lobes more extensively than those by post gadolinium T1-weighted image. Brain perfusion single photon emission computed tomography with a technetium-99m-ethyl cysteinate dimer (99mTc-ECD SPECT) revealed hypoperfusion in the fronto-parietal lobes. These clinical and neuroimaging findings were compatible with type III Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS). His condition was improved after treatment with oral levetiracetam (1,000 mg daily). Although adult-onset type III SWS is very rare, it is important to perform SWI and post-contrast FLAIR for assessing leptomeningeal angioma in patients with seizure with focal cortical calcification even if they have no facial nevus.
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- Department of Neurology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Neurology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Neurology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine
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Siri L, Giordano L, Accorsi P, Cossu M, Pinelli L, Tassi L, Striano P. Clinical features of Sturge-Weber syndrome without facial nevus: five novel cases. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2013; 17:91-6. [PMID: 22819211 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2012.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2011] [Revised: 05/08/2012] [Accepted: 06/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Classic Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is characterized by presence of flammeus nevus involving the first sensory branch of trigeminal nerve, ipsilateral leptomeningeal angiomatosis, and choroidal angioma. Sporadic cases of SWS without facial nevus (SWS type III) have been rarely reported. Here we report the clinical and neuroradiological findings of five patients with SWS type III and compare their findings with those described in the literature. This study confirmed that SWS type III should be considered in any child or young adult presenting with seizures or complicated migraine and intracranial unilateral calcification. The diagnosis must be confirmed with contrast-enhanced MRI images of the brain. Surgical therapy should be considered in patients with drug-resistant and persistent epileptic seizures.
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- Laura Siri
- Neuropsichiatria Infantile Pediatria Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
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Shekhtman Y, Kim I, Riviello JJ, Milla SS, Weiner HL. Focal resection of leptomeningeal angioma in a rare case of Sturge-Weber syndrome without facial nevus. Pediatr Neurosurg 2013; 49:99-104. [PMID: 24434861 DOI: 10.1159/000357357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a neurocutaneous disorder comprised typically of a facial nevus, leptomeningeal angioma with calcifications, and seizures. SWS without a port-wine stain is a rare variant with only 30 cases reported in the literature. Here, a case of an 8-year-old girl with no cutaneous abnormalities presenting with medically intractable epilepsy and MRI and CT findings consistent with SWS is described. The patient underwent multistage surgery with subdural electrode monitoring before and after resection of the epileptogenic focus, with complete excision of the lesion and postoperative resolution of her seizures. This is the first reported case of three-stage surgery for localized resection of the seizure focus for SWS.
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- Yevgenia Shekhtman
- Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, New York University, New York, N.Y., USA
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Rios M, Barbot C, Pinto PS, Salício L, Santos M, Carrilho I, Temudo T. [Sturge-Weber syndrome -clinical and neuroimaging variability]. An Pediatr (Barc) 2012; 77:397-402. [PMID: 22743619 DOI: 10.1016/j.anpedi.2012.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2011] [Revised: 02/15/2012] [Accepted: 03/03/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Sturge Weber Syndrome is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome in which the severity is determined by degree of brain involvement and control of epilepsy. The authors describe and analyse clinical and imaging features of this syndrome, through a retrospective study of 13 patients (8 girls; aged between 15 days and 9 years at first visit). Twelve had facial angioma and one had atrichia corresponding to the area of brain involvement. Epilepsy was diagnosed in 6 cases, hemiplegia in 4, psychomotor delay in 7, and glaucoma in 4. Cerebral abnormalities were found in 10 children, 3 without neurological symptoms. The clinical signs and symptoms vary and there is not always a relationship between the severity of the clinical and neuroimaging abnormalities, which may occur even in the absence of neurological symptoms.
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- M Rios
- Servicio de Neuropediatría, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Oporto, Portugal.
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Pithon MM, de Andrade ACDV, de Andrade APDV, dos Santos RL. Sturge-Weber syndrome in an orthodontic patient. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2011; 140:418-22. [PMID: 21889087 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2009.10.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2009] [Accepted: 10/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The aim of this article was to describe the Sturge-Weber syndrome in a patient with orthodontic requirements. Pathologies involved in this syndrome affect facial cranial growth.
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Morana G, Mancardi MM, Baglietto MG, Rossi A. Focal leptomeningeal enhancement and corticopial calcifications underlying a parietal convexity lipoma: a rare association of findings in 2 pediatric epileptic patients. J Child Neurol 2011; 26:634-7. [PMID: 21343607 DOI: 10.1177/0883073810387665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We present the unusual neuroimaging findings of focal cerebral leptomeningeal enhancement in association with corticopial calcifications, underlying a parietal convexity lipoma in 2 pediatric patients with normal psychomotor development, unremarkable physical findings, and recent onset of epilepsy. To our knowledge, this clinical and neuroradiological association has not been previously reported and shows overlapping features with Sturge-Weber syndrome without facial nevus and encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis, thus possibly representing an extremely rare variant within the spectrum of these congenital neurocutaneous disorders.
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- Giovanni Morana
- Neuroradiology Operative Unit, G. Gaslini Children's Research Hospital, Genova, Italy.
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Wong SW, Kyaw L, Ong LC, Zulfiqar AM. Sturge-Weber syndrome without facial nevus: an unusual cause of neonatal seizures. J Paediatr Child Health 2011; 47:237-9. [PMID: 20500432 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01739.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sturge-Weber syndrome is a neurocutaneous syndrome characterised by facial port wine stain, ipsilateral leptomeningeal angioma and vascular eye abnormalities. We report a rare case of Sturge-Weber syndrome without facial nevus presenting with neonatal seizures.
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- Sau Wei Wong
- Department of Paediatrics and Radiology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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[Bilateral Sturge-Weber syndrome]. J Neuroradiol 2009; 36:305-6. [PMID: 19783305 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2009.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2009] [Accepted: 06/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Değerliyurt A, Kantar A, Ceylaner S, Aysun S. Hypomelanosis of Ito and Sturge-Weber syndrome without facial nevus: an association or a new syndrome? Pediatr Neurol 2009; 40:395-7. [PMID: 19380080 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2008] [Revised: 11/20/2008] [Accepted: 11/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sturge-Weber syndrome without facial nevus is rare. Twenty-four cases were previously reported. Although hypomelanosis of Ito is a relatively common disorder, there was only one previous case in association with Sturge-Weber syndrome. We describe an 11-year-old boy with Sturge-Weber syndrome without facial nevus, coexistent with hypomelanosis of Ito.
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- Aydan Değerliyurt
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Ankara Diskapi Children's Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Batista CEA, Chugani HT, Hu J, Haacke EM, Behen ME, Helder EJ, Juhász C. Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging detects abnormalities in normal-appearing frontal lobe of patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome. J Neuroimaging 2009; 18:306-13. [PMID: 18808656 DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00207.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS), structural MRI abnormalities are most common in the posterior brain regions. Frontal lobe involvement increases the risk of motor impairment. The goal of this study was to determine whether Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) can improve detection of frontal lobe involvement in children with SWS. METHODS Sixteen children (age: .9-10.4 years) with unilateral SWS underwent MRI with MRSI prospectively. N-acetyl-aspartate (NAA) and choline asymmetries in the posterior and frontal regions were measured. RESULTS Eight children presented normal-appearing frontal lobes on conventional MRI, but 7 of them showed abnormal NAA and/or choline content in the frontal lobe of the affected hemisphere. Lower frontal lobe gray matter NAA was associated with earlier onset of seizures (r= .76; P= .04) and impaired motor function (r=-.89, P < .001). Frontal NAA asymmetry was an independent predictor of motor function in a regression analysis (P= .01) CONCLUSION MRSI is more sensitive than conventional structural MRI for detection of frontal lobe involvement in SWS. Decreased frontal lobe NAA is an excellent predictor of motor functions. Thus, MRSI can provide complementary information for the assessment of normal-appearing brain regions, and may assist prognosis evaluation in children with SWS.
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- Carlos E A Batista
- Department of Pediatrics, Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Chugani HT, Juhász C, Behen ME, Ondersma R, Muzik O. Autism with facial port-wine stain: a new syndrome? Pediatr Neurol 2007; 37:192-9. [PMID: 17765807 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2007] [Revised: 04/17/2007] [Accepted: 05/14/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The hallmark of Sturge-Weber syndrome is leptomeningeal angiomatosis. Over 15 years, four children were identified (2 boys, age 2.9-6 years) with unilateral facial port-wine stain, referred for presumable Sturge-Weber syndrome but who were also autistic. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans failed to show evidence of leptomeningeal angioma in all four children. Three of the children had a history of seizures. Detailed neuropsychologic testing of three children revealed a similar presentation, characterized by developmental disturbance, particularly involving delayed onset of language, and early-emerging social atypicality. Positron emission tomography scanning of cerebral glucose metabolism revealed hypometabolism in the bilateral medial temporal regions, anterior cingulate gyrus, frontal cortex, right temporal cortex, and cerebellum. The pattern of glucose hypometabolism differed from that of 12 children with infantile autism (age 2.7-7.9 years) who had mild left medial temporal but more severe right temporal cortical hypometabolism and showed a reversal of normal frontotemporal asymmetry of glucose metabolism. Unilateral facial port-wine stain and autism with no intracranial angioma on conventional imaging may represent a rare clinical entity distinct from both infantile autism and previously described variants of Sturge-Weber syndrome.
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- Harry T Chugani
- Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
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Diociaiuti A, Guidi B, Aguilar Sanchez JA, Feliciani C, Capizzi R, Amerio P. Phakomatosis pigmentovascularis type IIIb: a case associated with Sturge-Weber and Klippel-Trenaunay syndromes. J Am Acad Dermatol 2006; 53:536-9. [PMID: 16112377 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.01.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2004] [Revised: 11/23/2004] [Accepted: 01/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Meningeal derived tumors of the first 2 decades of life are often diagnostically challenging due to the wide morphologic spectrum encountered and the rarity of most individual entities. The 2 most common patterns include the dural/leptomeningeal-based mass and neoplastic meningitis. Both primary and secondary meningeal presentations may occur, either early or late in the course of various meningothelial, mesenchymal, embryonal, glial, hematopoietic, histiocytic, melanocytic, and inflammatory tumors. As in other areas of pediatric pathology, there are significant differences between this patient cohort and adults, differences which will be emphasized in this review.
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- Arie Perry
- Division of Neuropathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo 63110-1093, USA.
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Taddeucci G, Bonuccelli A, Polacco P. Migraine-like attacks in child with Sturge-Weber syndrome without facial nevus. Pediatr Neurol 2005; 32:131-3. [PMID: 15664776 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2004] [Accepted: 08/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The Sturge-Weber syndrome was recently subdivided into type I (facial and leptomeningeal angioma, possible glaucoma), type II (facial angioma, without evident endocranial involvement), and type III (exclusive leptomeningeal angioma). Thus far in the literature only 24 cases of Sturge-Weber syndrome type III have been reported. This study presents a case of a 2-year 9-month-old child with normal psychomotor development and skin free (no angiomas), who presented repeated episodes of severe headache, vertiginous symptoms, vomiting, and drowsiness, separated by complete recovery. The cranial computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging with gadolinium revealed left occipital leptomeningeal angiomatosis with calcifications, suggesting a diagnosis of Sturge-Weber syndrome type III. Considering the normal psychomotor development, the improved electroencephalographic reports between the episodes, and the absence of hypoperfusion areas on single-photon emission computed tomography at 30 months of follow-up, the symptomatology appears an expression of migraine-like symptoms resulting from vasomotor disturbances within and around the angioma, more than an expression of partial seizures arising through an epileptic focus in the ischemic region around the vascular malformation.
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- Grazia Taddeucci
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Neurology, University of Studies of Pisa, Via Fermi 9, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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We describe a 7-month-old female with leptomeningeal angiomatosis who developed infantile spasms. She did not manifest facial nevus or ocular choroidal angioma. Leptomeningeal angiomatosis is characterized by venous angiomas of leptomeninges and usually accompanied by facial nevus, a condition known as Sturge-Weber syndrome. In Sturge-Weber syndrome, leptomeningeal angiomas can cause infantile spasms but much less frequently than in other neurocutaneous syndromes, such as tuberous sclerosis. This patient is the first reported case of leptomeningeal angiomatosis without facial nevus who developed infantile spasms. Leptomeningeal angiomas should be taken into consideration as a cause of infantile spasms, even in the absence of facial nevus. We suggest that this case is clinically within the spectrum of Sturge-Weber syndrome, and that the embryologic origin of this case is similar to that of Sturge-Weber syndrome.
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- Sahoko Miyama
- Department of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Kiyose Children's Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Sturge-Weber syndrome is a sporadic neurocutaneous disease characterized by facial port-wine stain, ocular abnormalities (glaucoma and choroidal hemangioma) and leptomeningeal angioma. Although the precise pathogenesis is unknown, available data regarding genetics, embryogenesis, and pathologic features are briefly reviewed. Clinical features vary from mild incomplete forms to full-blown disease with facial stain, seizures, and glaucoma. Frequencies of associated complications are reviewed. To plan treatment and further follow-up, diagnosis of glaucoma and intracranial involvement, even if asymptomatic, is fundamental in children at risk. Early neuroimaging features are important to recognize. Management of patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome is focused on treating associated neurologic and ocular abnormalities.
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- Eulalia Baselga
- Department of Dermatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
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Comi AM, Fischer R, Kossoff EH. Encephalofacial angiomatosis sparing the occipital lobe and without facial nevus: on the spectrum of Sturge-Weber syndrome variants? J Child Neurol 2003; 18:35-8. [PMID: 12661936 DOI: 10.1177/08830738030180010601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We report two cases of leptomeningeal angiomatosis in atypical frontoparietotemporal locations without an associated facial port-wine stain. Evidence of a leptomeningeal angioma was found in each when they were evaluated for headaches and seizures. The diagnosis of a leptomeningeal angioma was suggested by calcifications noted on computed tomographic scan of the head and confirmed with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance images of the brain. We hypothesize that given the lack of occipital involvement with the angioma, and therefore the noncontiguous nature of this lesion with the developing upper facial ectoderm, the failure to develop a facial angioma would be expected. We found that the useof an anticonvulsant along with a migraine prophylactic medication appeared to have the greatest efficacy in these two cases, whereas anticonvulsants alone were less helpful. This diagnosis should be considered in any child presenting with seizures or complicated migraines and intracranial calcifications.
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- Anne M Comi
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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