A Case of Sturge-Weber Syndrome.
- Author:
In CHUNG
1
;
Seaung Gi JANG
;
H M LEW
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Wonju Medical College, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Angiomatosis;
Brain Stem Infarctions;
Choroid;
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities;
Female;
Glaucoma;
Hemangioma;
Humans;
Pigmentation;
Sturge-Weber Syndrome*;
Trigeminal Nerve;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1986;27(4):723-728
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Sturge- Weber syndrome is a congenital disorder and marked by cutaneous angiomatosis along the distribution of the trigeminal nerve, ipsilateral leptomeningeal angiomatosis, bupthalmos and choroidal angioma. A 22 year old Korean woman was found to have red-purple colored pigmentation on the left hemifacial area, the left leptomeningeal angioma and the left openangle glaucoma.
