title: The Sturge-Weber syndrome: comparison of MR and CT characteristics.
abstract: Four patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome were evaluated with CT and MR. MR demonstrated the characteristic features of the disease: cerebral atrophy (four patients), ipsilateral bone and sinus hypertrophy (three), ocular findings (one), intracranial calcification (four), prominent deep venous system (three), and enlarged choroid plexus (two). CT demonstrated the following: cerebral atrophy (four), ipsilateral bone and sinus hypertrophy (three), calcification (four), gyral enhancement (two), prominent deep venous system (two), and enlarged choroid plexuses (three). The features of Sturge-Weber syndrome were visualized equally well with MR and CT with the exception of intracranial calcification. Conventional spin-echo MR revealed fewer calcifications, and those visualized appeared smaller than with CT. Gradient-echo acquisition sequences were more effective in the detection of intracranial calcification.
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195-5103.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wasenko
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Rosenbloom
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Duchesneau
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Lanzieri
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Weinstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000798:Angiomatosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013341:Sturge-Weber Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed