Vascular abnormalities in epidermal nevus syndrome.
We report a patient with epidermal nevus syndrome and right hemispheric infarct and review 3 others with neurologic manifestations best explained by ischemia or hemorrhage. Each had a significant vascular abnormality such as occlusion or blood vessel dysplasia. None had hemimegalencephaly. We hypothesize that underlying vascular dysplasia is the cause of the neurologic lesions in these patients.
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Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5200.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000150:complications*; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications*