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Management of Glaucoma in an Adult Presentation of Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome. It is described by the presence of leptomeningeal angiomas, ocular involvement such as choroidal hemangioma and glaucoma, and port-wine stain over the face. Management of SWS-associated ocular complications is challenging and needs regul...

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Autores principales: Al-Smair, Ali, Rababaa, Hammam, Saadeh, Ahmad, Al-Ali, Ahmad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9060724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35510028
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23699
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author Al-Smair, Ali
Rababaa, Hammam
Saadeh, Ahmad
Al-Ali, Ahmad
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description Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome. It is described by the presence of leptomeningeal angiomas, ocular involvement such as choroidal hemangioma and glaucoma, and port-wine stain over the face. Management of SWS-associated ocular complications is challenging and needs regular follow-ups. Herein, we present a case of a 28-year-old male patient who underwent glaucoma surgery but did not adhere to regular follow-ups and later presented with left-sided exophthalmos and eye pain. Management with medical treatment (latanoprost) was effective in the short term, but regular follow-ups are crucial to prevent further progression due to high failure rates.
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spelling pubmed-90607242022-05-03 Management of Glaucoma in an Adult Presentation of Sturge-Weber Syndrome Al-Smair, Ali Rababaa, Hammam Saadeh, Ahmad Al-Ali, Ahmad Cureus Neurology Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome. It is described by the presence of leptomeningeal angiomas, ocular involvement such as choroidal hemangioma and glaucoma, and port-wine stain over the face. Management of SWS-associated ocular complications is challenging and needs regular follow-ups. Herein, we present a case of a 28-year-old male patient who underwent glaucoma surgery but did not adhere to regular follow-ups and later presented with left-sided exophthalmos and eye pain. Management with medical treatment (latanoprost) was effective in the short term, but regular follow-ups are crucial to prevent further progression due to high failure rates. Cureus 2022-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9060724/ /pubmed/35510028 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23699 Text en Copyright © 2022, Al-Smair et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Management of Glaucoma in an Adult Presentation of Sturge-Weber Syndrome
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