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. 2011 Nov;56(6):755-7.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.91848.

Overlap of sturge-weber syndrome and klippel-trenaunay syndrome

Radheshyam Purkait  1 , Tryambak Samanta, Tapankumar Sinhamahapatra, Mridula Chatterjee
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Overlap of sturge-weber syndrome and klippel-trenaunay syndrome

Radheshyam Purkait et al. Indian J Dermatol. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare sporadic condition of mesodermal phakomatosis, characterized by purple-colored flat cutaneous cranial (face) hemangiomas (most commonly along the trigeminal nerve), glaucoma and vascular lesions in the ipsilateral brain and meninges. Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome is also an uncommon mesodermal phakomatosis characterized by a triad of cutaneous and visceral hemangiomas, venous varicosities and soft tissue or bone hypertrophy. Sturge-Weber syndrome in combination with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome is unusual. Because of the rarity, we report here a 3-year-old boy who presented with overlapping features of both the syndromes.

Keywords: Hemangioma; Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome; Nevus flammeus; Sturge–Weber syndrome.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Extensive port-wine stain distributed over both sides of face, trunk and limbs; (b) bluish gray pigmentation of the episclera; (c) soft tissue as well as bony hypertrophy of right lower limb
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Atrophy in both the hemispheres along with gyral calcification of the left side; (b) leptomeningeal angiomatosis and enlarged choroid plexus of the ipsilateral hemisphere
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