Late-onset and easy to treat epilepsy with leptomeningeal angiomatosis – Where the disease spectrum ends?

•Sturge-Weber syndrome is one of the called phacomatoses disorders.•It is a vascular malformation syndrome involving the skin, brain and eyes.•Common neurologic complications include epilepsy, headaches and developmental delay.•A facial port-wine birthmark is usually present and raises suspicion of...

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Published in:	Journal of clinical neuroscience Vol. 61; pp. 247 - 248
Main Authors:	Salgado, Paula, Cardoso, Márcio, Pedro Pereira, José, Chaves, João
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 01-03-2019
Subjects:	Epilepsy Leptomeningeal angioma Port-wine stain Sturge-Weber syndrome Leptomeningeal angioma Port-wine stain Sturge-Weber syndrome Epilepsy
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Summary:	•Sturge-Weber syndrome is one of the called phacomatoses disorders.•It is a vascular malformation syndrome involving the skin, brain and eyes.•Common neurologic complications include epilepsy, headaches and developmental delay.•A facial port-wine birthmark is usually present and raises suspicion of the diagnosis.•The diagnosis is confirmed identifying the characteristic leptomeningeal angioma.
ISSN:	0967-5868 1532-2653
DOI:	10.1016/j.jocn.2018.10.148