Catalog

Sturge-Weber syndrome

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Link to WHO Definition

Sturge-Weber syndrome – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1173035836

Sturge-Weber syndrome is a congenital vascular malformation characterised by facial capillary malformations (classically referred to as angiomas even through they are not tumours but port-wine stains), accompanied by variable degrees of ocular (glaucoma) and neurological anomalies (leptomeningeal vascular anomalies responsible for seizures and varying degrees of contralateral motor deficit and leaning disability).