title: Sturge-Weber disease with repercussion on the prenatal development of the cerebral hemisphere.
abstract: Sturge-Weber syndrome was diagnosed in a neonate on basis of a characteristic port-wine stain. In the absence of any acute neurologic episode, MR images obtained when the infant was aged 3 months showed a typical pial vascular dysplasia, as well as prominent hypotrophy of the homolateral hemisphere. Areas suggesting the presence of developmental dysplasia of the cerebral mantel were found in association with the typical pial vascular anomaly. The prenatal effect of Sturge-Weber disease on normal brain development may best be explored by using a better evaluation with cerebral imaging shortly after birth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurology, CHU Paris Sud, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Hopital de Bicêtre, France.
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Portilla
authors.forename: Beatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Husson
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lasjaunias
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Landrieu
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013341:Sturge-Weber Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000196:embryology*