[Hemangiomas, and cutaneous and intracranial vascular deformations (Pascual-Castroviejo syndrome tipe II ). A case report].
OBJECTIVE
To present a case with several cutaneous hemangiomas associated with intracranial hemangiomas and possibly with an intrahepatic hemangioma.


METHODS
A boy, 17 months old, showing several cutaneous hemangiomas and epileptic seizures resisting to antiepileptic medication, who also presented psychomotor retardation. The study by angiographic magnetic resonance (AMR ) revealed the presence of three small intracranial angiomas and possibly a hepatic hemangioma. The seizures were controlled with antiepileptic medication.


CONCLUSIONS
This case shows the association of the cutaneous hemangiomas and the subjacent vascular alterations also hemangiomas in this patient which are included in the most frequent neurocutaneous disease, which is known as Pascual Castroviejo syndrome.
Pascual-Castroviejo
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Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España. pascas@inves.es
Pascual-Pascual
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Rafia
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Viaño
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D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders; D012640:Seizures / Q000188:drug therapy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome
D000927:Anticonvulsants