title: Vascular neurocutaneous disorders: neurospinal and craniofacial imaging findings.
abstract: We review the neurospinal and craniofacial imaging findings in vascular neurocutaneous disorders. The patients presented with cutaneous and cerebral lesions associated with craniofacial abnormalities or spinal lesions. Vascular neurocutaneous disorders may involve segmental or localized lesions associated with either low- or high-flow vascular malformations. Other neuroimaging findings include vascular occlusive changes with ischemic stroke, ectatic arteries, aneurysm, cortical migrational disorders such as hemimegalencephaly and congenital anomalies of the posterior fossa. Craniofacial vascular malformations, eye abnormalities, facial deformity and spinal lesions have been reported in some cases. Hamartomatous formation and malignancy have also been reported in some cases. Correlation of clinical findings with neurospinal and craniofacial abnormalities is important to reach a specific diagnosis of some vascular neurocutaneous disorders.
authors: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, 13351, Egypt, arazek@mans.edu.eg.
authors: Ahmed Abdel Khalek
authors: AA
authors: Abdel Razek
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction / Q000379:methods; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005145:Face / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D020752:Neurocutaneous Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis*