title: Left-sided facial nevus with contralateral leptomeningeal angiomatosis in a child with Sturge-Weber syndrome: case report.
abstract: Sturge-Weber syndrome is characterized by a facial vascular nevus associated with an ipsilateral leptomeningeal angioma. Variants of this classical presentation have been described in the literature, some of which have prognostic significance. We report a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-confirmed variant of a leptomeningeal angioma contralateral to the facial nevus. We describe one patient with Sturge-Weber syndrome who presented with a left-sided facial nevus, left eye glaucoma, episodes of left-sided weakness, and right-sided leptomeningeal angiomatosis by gadolinium-enhanced brain MRI. The literature regarding variants of Sturge-Weber syndrome and their prognosis is reviewed. The prognosis for this variant is likely similar to Sturge-Weber syndrome with an ipsilateral leptomeningeal angioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Widdess-Walsh
authors.forename: Neil Roy
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Friedman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000798:Angiomatosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009506:Nevus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013341:Sturge-Weber Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology