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Case Report

Update in the Understanding, Diagnosis, and Management of Sturge Weber Syndrome: Case Report

Mariana Catalina Garcini Sandoval*, Enrique Espinosa Zúñiga and Martha Guadalupe García Toribio

Published: 24 August, 2023 | Volume 7 - Issue 2 | Pages: 061-064

Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS) is a congenital, vascular, neurocutaneous, uncommon disease associated with facial angiomas port wine birthmark (PWB) or “nevus flammeus”, cerebral vascularity alterations (leptomeningeal vascular malformation), and ocular disorders. It is the third most common neurocutaneous syndrome after neurofibromatosis and tuberous sclerosis. GNAQ R183Q is the most frequent related mutation, caused by a postzygotic, somatic, gain-of-function. 75% of patients present seizures during the first year of life, mainly focal motor seizures, with or without consciousness impairment.
We present the case of a 33-year-old female with a diagnosis of SWS, with refractory seizures that started at 4 months of age. In this admission, she presented upper and lower respiratory tract infections that culminated in a convulsive status epilepticus (CSE), the reason for which she required sedation and advanced airway management with adjustment of the anti-seizure medication (ASM). An electroencephalogram (EEG) was performed that reported epileptic activity, as well as an imaging study with data suggestive of calcification in the frontal and right parietal region, compatible with vascular malformation.

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Keywords:

Sturge-Weber syndrome; Epilepsy; Encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis; Port wine birthmark; Nevus flammeus; Neurocutaneous disease; Phakomatoses; Status epilepticus

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