STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME

Course overview

STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME, ALSO KNOWN AS ENCEPHALOTRIGEMINAL ANGIOMATOSIS, IS A NEUROCUTANEOUS DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY ANGIOMAS INVOLVING THE FACE, CHOROID, AND LEPTOMENINGES. IT IS THE THIRD MOST COMMON NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROME AFTER NEUROFIBROMATOSIS AND TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS. THIS ACTIVITY OUTLINES THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME AND REVIEWS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.