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NEUROCUTANEOUS DISORDERS
STURGE-WEBER
SYNDROME
Sturge-Weber syndrome has three
main features: cutaneous capillary angiomatosis of the face, choroidal
angiomata, and leptomeningeal angiomatosis. The possibility of Sturge-Weber
syndrome should be considered in neonates with cutaneous capillary angiomatosis
in the distribution of the trigeminal nerve, buphthalmos or glaucoma,
or seizures. The diagnosis of Sturge-Weber syndrome should be reserved
for neonates with leptomeningeal angiomatosis or, in the absence of leptomeningeal
angioma, for neonates with facial cutaneous capillary angiomatosis and
choroid angioma. Neonates with facial cutaneous capillary angiomatosis
regardless of its distribution, or choroidal angiomas alone, do not have
Sturge-Weber syndrome.
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