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Research & Reviews 575 results
https://doi.org/10.3928/01913913-20201202-01
Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus; Saffren B, Yassin SH et. al.
Feb 24th, 2021 - Three patients with facial port wine birthmarks were randomly assigned to receive treatment with topical timolol or the placebo. Three masked observers evaluated photographs of the patients, noting improvement in patients who were treated with tim...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7878146
BMJ Case Reports; Gough J, Downes S et. al.
Feb 11th, 2021 - A 75-year-old woman presents to the acute medical take with confusion and headache following a road traffic accident. She had previously been fit and well, living alone with no assistance. Following multiple investigations, she was diagnosed with ...
https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.14520
Pediatric Dermatology; Giacaman A, Salinas Sanz JA et. al.
Jan 29th, 2021 - In the last few years, the use of oral sirolimus has shown promising results in the treatment of some complex vascular anomalies, and recently, it has been used in patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS). We present the case of an 11-year-old gi...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7821406
BMC Ophthalmology; Hu Z, Cao J et. al.
Jan 23rd, 2021 - Sturge-Weber syndrome is a disorder marked by a distinctive facial capillary malformation, neurological abnormalities, and ocular abnormalities such as glaucoma and choroidal hemangioma. We report a case of progressively formed retinal vessel malf...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7788809
BMC Ophthalmology; Wang H, Dong N et. al.
Jan 7th, 2021 - Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a sporadic congenital disorder, characterized by unilateral facial nevus flammeus associated with ipsilateral glaucoma, choroidal angioma and leptomeningeal hemangiomas. SWS can comorbid with other disorders in some ...
Clinicaltrials.gov 585 results
https://doi.org/10.3928/01913913-20201202-01
Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus; Saffren B, Yassin SH et. al.
Feb 24th, 2021 - Three patients with facial port wine birthmarks were randomly assigned to receive treatment with topical timolol or the placebo. Three masked observers evaluated photographs of the patients, noting improvement in patients who were treated with tim...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7878146
BMJ Case Reports; Gough J, Downes S et. al.
Feb 11th, 2021 - A 75-year-old woman presents to the acute medical take with confusion and headache following a road traffic accident. She had previously been fit and well, living alone with no assistance. Following multiple investigations, she was diagnosed with ...
https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.14520
Pediatric Dermatology; Giacaman A, Salinas Sanz JA et. al.
Jan 29th, 2021 - In the last few years, the use of oral sirolimus has shown promising results in the treatment of some complex vascular anomalies, and recently, it has been used in patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS). We present the case of an 11-year-old gi...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7821406
BMC Ophthalmology; Hu Z, Cao J et. al.
Jan 23rd, 2021 - Sturge-Weber syndrome is a disorder marked by a distinctive facial capillary malformation, neurological abnormalities, and ocular abnormalities such as glaucoma and choroidal hemangioma. We report a case of progressively formed retinal vessel malf...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7788809
BMC Ophthalmology; Wang H, Dong N et. al.
Jan 7th, 2021 - Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a sporadic congenital disorder, characterized by unilateral facial nevus flammeus associated with ipsilateral glaucoma, choroidal angioma and leptomeningeal hemangiomas. SWS can comorbid with other disorders in some ...
News 15 results
https://www.mdedge.com/neurology/article/150509/dermatology/early-referral-recommended-high-risk-port-wine-stain-cases
Erin Cheslow
Oct 29th, 2017 - In high-risk port-wine stain phenotypes – forehead, hemifacial, and median – early referral to a pediatric neurologist is the best way to enable early symptom recognition of Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS), according to results of a literature review.
https://www.mdedge.com/dermatology/article/149291/pediatrics/irregular-erythematous-patch-face-infant
Xiaoxiao Catherine Guo, MD, Lisa Ann Blackwood, MD et. al.
Oct 13th, 2017 - The Diagnosis: Phakomatosis Pigmentovascularis With Sturge-Weber Syndrome The erythematous patches were identified as capillary malformations (port-wine stains) and the slate gray pigmentary changes as dermal melanocytosis (Mongolian spots)(Figure.
https://www.mdedge.com/dermatology/article/148481/pigmentation-disorders/concurrent-sturge-weber-syndrome-facial-infantile/page/0/1
Oct 2nd, 2017 - Comment This case describes 3 different vascular malformations in the same patient. Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita is rare and yet is described in this patient along with 2 other notable endothelial abnormalities.
https://www.mdedge.com/neurology/article/144118/pediatrics/screening-mri-misses-sturge-weber-babies-port-wine-stain
Kari Oakes
Aug 7th, 2017 - CHICAGO – Screening infants with a port-wine stain for Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) with a magnetic resonance imaging brain scan had a 23% false-negative rate and actually delayed seizure detection, according to a recent study. When infants with po.
https://www.mdedge.com/neurology/article/105112/rare-diseases/international-sturge-weber-research-network-launched
Dec 11th, 2015 - The Sturge-Weber Foundation has announced the formation of the SWF International Research Network, an initiative to support international collaboration among medical experts and scientific researchers in the treatment of Sturge-Weber syndrome, por.