Acute hemiparesis in Sturge-Weber syndrome.
A young woman, known to have Sturge-Weber syndrome, was admitted with headache and left hemiparesis. Neuroimaging showed chronic occlusion of the venous sinuses without evidence of acute thrombus formation, or a recent vascular event.
Jung
Agam
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Department of Neurology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Anlaby Road, Hull HU3 2JZ, UK. Agam.jung@gmail.com
Raman
Ashok
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Rowland Hill
Chris
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010291:Paresis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013341:Sturge-Weber Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed