Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome with Hemimegalencephaly; Report of a Pediatric Case

BACKGROUND: Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome (KTWS) is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome. Hemimegalencephaly (HME) and seizure episodes have been reported previously in a few cases with KTWS. CASE PRESENTATION: We report here a 3 day-old girl with partial motor seizures, extensive port-wine staining an...

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Autores principales: Esmailzadeh, Hossein, Tavassoli, Azita, Jahangiri N, Younes, Vatankhah, Nasibeh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3448232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23056878
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome (KTWS) is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome. Hemimegalencephaly (HME) and seizure episodes have been reported previously in a few cases with KTWS. CASE PRESENTATION: We report here a 3 day-old girl with partial motor seizures, extensive port-wine staining and mild structural deformities in the feet, and a hemimegalencephaly. CONCLUSION: Occurrence of partial motor seizures in addition to bilateral lower extremities extensive port-wine staining is a unique feature seen in our case.

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