Diseases

Sturge-Weber Syndrome

A non-inherited congenital condition with vascular and neurological abnormalities. It is characterized by facial vascular nevi (PORT-WINE STAIN), and capillary angiomatosis of intracranial membranes (MENINGES; CHOROID). Neurological features include EPILEPSY; cognitive deficits; GLAUCOMA; and visual defects.

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Abstract

A non-inherited congenital condition with vascular and neurological abnormalities. It is characterized by facial vascular nevi (PORT-WINE STAIN), and capillary angiomatosis of intracranial membranes (MENINGES; CHOROID). Neurological features include EPILEPSY; cognitive deficits; GLAUCOMA; and visual defects.

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32 entry terms
  • Angiomatosis Oculoorbital-Thalamic Syndrome
  • Encephalofacial Hemangiomatosis Syndrome
  • Meningo-Oculo-Facial Angiomatosis
  • Meningofacial Angiomatosis-Cerebral Calcification Syndrome
  • Neuroretinoangiomatosis
  • Phakomatosis, Sturge-Weber
  • Sturge Disease
  • Sturge Syndrome
  • Sturge's Syndrome
  • Sturge-Kalischer-Weber Syndrome
  • Sturge-Weber-Dimitri Syndrome
  • Sturge-Weber-Krabbe Syndrome
  • Angiomatosis, Meningo-Oculo-Facial
  • Hemangiomatosis Syndrome, Encephalofacial
  • Meningo Oculo Facial Angiomatosis
  • Phakomatosis, Sturge Weber
  • Sturge Kalischer Weber Syndrome
  • Sturge Weber Dimitri Syndrome
  • Sturge Weber Krabbe Syndrome
  • Sturge Weber Syndrome
  • Sturge-Weber Phakomatosis
  • Syndrome, Encephalofacial Hemangiomatosis
  • Syndrome, Sturge
  • Syndrome, Sturge's
  • Syndrome, Sturge-Kalischer-Weber
  • Syndrome, Sturge-Weber
  • Syndrome, Sturge-Weber-Dimitri
  • Syndrome, Sturge-Weber-Krabbe
  • Parkes Weber Syndrome
  • Parkes-Weber Syndrome
  • Syndrome, Parkes Weber
  • Syndrome, Parkes-Weber

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

91(75); was see under ANGIOMATOSIS 1975-90; DIMITRI DISEASE was see STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME 1989-93

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sturge-Weber Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013341. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013341
  2. Sturge-Weber Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturge%E2%80%93Weber_syndrome
  3. Sturge-Weber Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1886238