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Double trouble: Bilateral cerebral involvement in Sturge-Weber syndrome
South African Journal of Radiology | Vol 19, No 1 | a760 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v19i1.760
| © 2015 Narosha Adroos, Janet Smal, Farhana E. Suleman
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 28 November 2014 | Published: 14 August 2015
Submitted: 28 November 2014 | Published: 14 August 2015
About the author(s)
Narosha Adroos, Department of Radiology, University of Pretoria, South AfricaJanet Smal, Department of Radiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Farhana E. Suleman, Department of Radiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Abstract
Sturge-Weber syndrome, also known as encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis or meningofacial angiomatosis, is characterised in its classical form by a congenital, usually unilateral, ‘portwine stain’ (capillary naevus) on the face, convulsions, typical intracranial calcification and some degree of mental retardation and hemiparesis. The clinical correlation of intractable seizures with the presence of bilateral intracranial disease has management and prognostic implications, thus making the presence of bilateral disease an important factor to all those involved in the management of the child with Sturge-Weber syndrome.
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