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Cerebral venous drainage via the ophthalmic veins in the Sturge-Weber syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8065581     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We describe a 23-year-old girl with an extremely uncommon form of cerebral venous drainage and cerebellar leptomeningeal angiomatosis as a possible variant of the Sturge-Weber syndrome. Extensive congenital port-wine stains all over the body, hypoplastic left renal and subclavian and iliac veins, cardiomegaly and ptosis and hypoplasia of the left kidney had been recognised in early childhood. She rapidly developed signs of intracranial hypertension. CT and MRI showed a right medial temporal lesion. Angiography revealed cerebellar pial angiomatosis with enlarged medullary veins and no functioning sigmoid sinuses or jugular veins. Cerebral venous drainage was via enlarged ophthalmic veins. Although the intracranial venous abnormalities were characteristic of the Sturge-Weber syndrome anomalies beyond the encephalofacial territory suggested a more complex developmental abnormality.
Authors:
B Baráth; E Vörös; Z Bak; M Bodosi
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neuroradiology     Volume:  36     ISSN:  0028-3940     ISO Abbreviation:  Neuroradiology     Publication Date:  1994 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-09-20     Completed Date:  1994-09-20     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1302751     Medline TA:  Neuroradiology     Country:  GERMANY    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  318-20     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Albert Szent-Györgyi University, Szeged, Hungary.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Cerebellar Neoplasms / blood supply,  diagnosis*,  surgery
Cerebral Angiography
Craniotomy
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnosis*,  surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Melanoma / blood supply,  diagnosis,  surgery
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / blood supply,  diagnosis,  surgery
Sturge-Weber Syndrome / diagnosis*,  surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Veins

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