ALLMedicine™ Sturge-Weber Syndrome Center

Dec 22nd, 2021 - Few studies have reported the clinical presentation, surgical treatment, outcomes, and influential factors for patients with epilepsy and Sturge-Weber syndrome. This large-scale retrospective study continuously enrolled 132 patients with Sturge-We...

Dec 18th, 2021 - Phacomatosis pigmentovascularis (PPV) is a rare congenital disease characterized by the co-existence of cutaneous vascular malformation and pigmentary nevi with or without extracutaneous systemic involvement. Here, we present a 2-month old child d...

Dec 15th, 2021 - Background Whereas any type of glaucoma can be unilateral, primary open-angle glaucoma, primary angle-closure glaucoma, primary infantile glaucoma, juvenile-onset glaucoma, and pigmentary glaucoma are generally bilateral diseases, the severity of ...

Nov 6th, 2021 - Ocular Findings in the Sturge-Weber Syndrome.|2021|Roditi E,Assayag E,|etiology,blood supply,pathology,complications,physiopathology,

Oct 22nd, 2021 - Capillary malformation (CM) occurs sporadically and is associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome. The somatic mosaic mutation in GNAQ (c.548G>A, p.R183Q) is enriched in endothelial cells (ECs) in skin CM and Sturge-Weber syndrome brain CM. Our goal wa...

Apr 17th, 2020 - We hope to gain an understanding of the utility of pure CBD used for the treatment of medically refractory epilepsy in SWS in this open-label, safety dose-finding, study. Recent evidence suggests that CBD has multiple, beneficial, effects in patie...

Apr 16th, 2020 - Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS) is a rare disorder presenting at birth with a facial port-wine birthmark and later in infancy with seizures and strokes that result in weakness on one side of the body, cognitive disabilities, glaucoma, and visual field...

Dec 20th, 2019 - This new device, the Kahook Dual Blade, has been specially designed to create a gentle cut compared to other cutting-devices that also remove the trabecular meshwork. Preclinical investigation showed no harm in the surrounding tissues. Only two pr...

Mar 21st, 2019 - Port-wine mark (PWM) represents a congenital capillary malformation,characterized by dilation and malformation of dermal capillaries that lack endothelial proliferation. It is frequently seen in the facial distribution of the trigeminal nerve. PWM...

Mar 6th, 2014 - Patients with SWS will be treated with 2 sessions of PDL in the lateral part of the CM separated by an interval of 6 weeks and with 1% topical rapamycin or placebo in the superior or inferior half, both applied once a day for 12 weeks. The clinica...

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.

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.

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.

Apr 4th, 2011 - April 4, 2011 (San Diego, California) — Children with port wine stains and choroidal hemangiomas characteristic of Sturge-Weber syndrome who are treated with pulsed-dye laser therapy and the prostaglandin bimatoprost might have an unusually high r...

Apr 4th, 2011 - April 4, 2011 (San Diego, California) — Children with port wine stains and choroidal hemangiomas characteristic of Sturge-Weber syndrome who are treated with pulsed-dye laser therapy and the prostaglandin bimatoprost might have an unusually high r...