J Korean Neurol Assoc.  1993 Sep;11(3):439-443.

Sturge-Weber Syndrome without Facial Nevus

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.
  • 2Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.

Abstract

This is a case report of a sixteen-year-old boy who has been suffering from throbbing headache since thirteen years of age. Neuroimaging investigations including brain CT and MRI demonstrated the characteristic features of Sturge-Weber syndrome: intracranial calcification, enlarged choroid plexus. And gyral enhancement. However, there was no facial nevus or focal neurological abnorrnality.


MeSH Terms

Brain
Choroid Plexus
Headache
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neuroimaging
Nevus*
Sturge-Weber Syndrome*
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