Sturge-Weber Syndrome in a 23-year old Nigerian male: A case report

ABSTRACT

Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS, also called encephalofacial or encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis) is a neurocutaneous syndrome, characterized by the association of facial port-wine hemangiomas in the trigeminal nerve distribution area, with a vascular malformation of the brain (leptomeningeal angioma) with or without glaucoma. Herein, we reported Sturge-Weber syndrome in a 23-year-old man, who presented wi-th a right portwine hemangiomas, ipsilateral iris hyperchromia, suspected choroidalhaemangioma and glaucoma