title: Limb-shaking transient ischemic attacks in an adult PHACE syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: PHACE syndrome is a neuro-cutaneous syndrome characterized by malformations of the Posterior fossa, facial Hemangiomas, Arterial anomalies, Cardiac anomalies, and abnormalities of the Eye. The arterial abnormalities usually involve the cervical and cerebral vasculature and include congenital abnormalities and progressive cerebral vasculopathy. The progressive cerebral vasculopathy leads to increased risk for arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) in patients with PHACE syndrome. Here we described the clinical neurological sequelae, the malformation of brain, the cervical and cerebral vasculopathy in a 23-year-old female of PHACE syndrome. Besides, she presented AIS with limb-shaking transient ischemic attack, a rare clinical presentation of AIS in patients of PHACE syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 812, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Ping Song
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Yuh Cherng
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D005121:Extremities / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020752:Neurocutaneous Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult