The Sturge-Weber syndrome: comparison of MR and CT characteristics.
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.
Wasenko
J J
JJ
Division of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195-5103.
Rosenbloom
S A
SA
Duchesneau
P M
PM
Lanzieri
C F
CF
Weinstein
M A
MA
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