What is Sturge-Weber syndrome? Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare, neurological disorder present at birth and characterized by a port-wine stain birthmark on the forehead and upper eyelid on one side of the face.

Sturge-Weber syndrome causes abnormal blood vessel growth. As a result, you’re born with a port wine stain birthmark on your face and growths called angiomas in your brain. This condition may cause seizures and muscle weakness.

Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is the association of a facial port-wine birthmark with glaucoma, abnormal vessels on the surface of the brain or both. Some children or adults have an isolated intracranial variant, meaning abnormal brain blood vessels with no skin or eye symptoms.

2023年5月1日 · Sturge-Weber syndrome, also known as encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis, is a neurocutaneous disorder characterized by angiomas involving the face, choroid, and leptomeninges. It is the third most common neurocutaneous syndrome after neurofibromatosis and tuberous sclerosis.

Sturge–Weber syndrome, sometimes referred to as encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis, is a rare congenital neurological and skin disorder. It is one of the phakomatoses and is often associated with port-wine stains of the face, glaucoma, seizures, intellectual disability, and ipsilateral leptomeningeal angioma (cerebral malformations and tumors ...

Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) (encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis) is a congenital, non-familial disorder caused by the GNAQ gene mutation. It is characterized by a congenital facial birthmark and neurological abnormalities.

Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a rare disorder affecting the skin and nervous system. Babies with SWS are born with a birthmark on their face known as a port-wine stain. Port-wine birthmarks are caused by enlarged blood vessels right underneath the skin.

2021年8月30日 · Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a rare vascular disorder characterized by the association of a facial birthmark called a port-wine birthmark, abnormal blood vessels in the brain, and eye abnormalities such as glaucoma.

Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a rare congenital vascular disorder characterized by facial capillary malformation (port wine birthmark) and associated capillary-venous malformations affecting the brain and eye.

Sturge-Weber syndrome is a condition that affects the development of certain blood vessels, causing abnormalities in the brain, skin, and eyes from birth. Sturge-Weber syndrome has three major features: a red or pink birthmark called a port-wine birthmark, a brain abnormality called a leptomeningeal angioma, and increased pressure in the eye ...