Sturge-Weber Syndrome (with an Illustrative Case Report)

معرفی دختر مبتلا به سندرم استورج وبر همراه با بدشکلی استخوانی در ناحیه دهان- فک بالا- صورت

Background: Sturge-Weber syndrome is one of the rare neurocutaneous disorders with frequency of approximately 1 per 50,000. Sturge-Weber syndrome consists of a constellation of symptoms and signs including a facial nevus (port wine stain), seizure and hemiparesis. In many cases it may associate with mental retardation. Case presentation: A 7- year old girl with mental retardation and a large fa...

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Bilateral Sturge Weber syndrome- a rare case report.

BACKGROUND Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare congenital neuro- oculo- cutaneous disorder. OBJECTIVE To report a very rare unusual case of bilateral manifestation of Sturge Weber syndrome. CASE We report an unusual case of a 17-year-old female with advanced stage of bilateral glaucoma associated with facial nevus extending to the other half of the face as well and bilateral intracranial calcif...

Osteoid osteoma of the femur: masquerading the tethered cord syndrome.

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Case Report: A Case of Type II Bilateral Sturge- Weber Syndrome

Sturge –Weber syndrome (SWS) or encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis is a sporadic,congenital phakomatosis of unknown etiology.Diagnosed by the triad of facial port wine stain(PWS) in the trigeminal nerve distribution, leptomeningeal venous angiomatosis ,and glaucoma. Bilateral Sturge-Weber Syndrome is a rare entity. We present in this report a rare case of bilateral SWS type II , with PWS involvin...