pediatrics
Sturge Weber Syndrome
Diagnosis of Sturge Weber Syndrome
Brain MRI or head CT Diagnosis of Sturge-Weber syndrome is suggested by a characteristic port-wine nevus. Brain MRI with contrast is used to check for a leptomeningeal angioma, but the angioma may not yet show up in very young children. If MRI is not available, head CT may be done; it may show calcifications in the cortex under the leptomeningeal angioma. The parallel curvilinear railroad-track calcifications seen on skull x-rays as mentioned in older literature develop during adulthood. A neurologic examination is done to check for neurologic complications, and an ophthalmologic examination is done to check for eye complications. 