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Sturge – Weber Syndrome

Case Report, Volume 06 Issue 4 – October to December 2013

Authors

Dr. Mohammed Haneef, MD (General Medicine), PGDHS (Diabetology), Consultant Physician and Diabetologist, Koyili Hospital, Kannur, Kerala.


Abstract

Sturge-Weber syndrome is a neurocutaneous syndrome caused by persistence of transitory primordial arteriovenous connection of the fetal intracranial vasculature. Diagnosis is considered when a child presents with seizure and facial capillary malformation along the trigeminal nerve distribution. Manifestations usually occur during early childhood. This case report describes a clinical presentation seen in adult life.


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