Presentation
Epilepsy since birth
Patient Data
Age: 25 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Sturge-Weber syndrome
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Cortico-subcortical parenchymal volume loss of left occipital lobe showing gyriform enhancement and drop-out signal on T2*GRE images. No significant abnormal signal is seen on T2/FLAIR sequences.
Rest of the brain parenchyma is normal.
Case Discussion
In current case, below components of Sturge weber mnemonic are present:
- S: seizures
- T: tram track gyriform calcification
- U:
- R:
- G:
- E: epilepsy
- C: Choroid plexus enlargement
- A: Atrophy of ipsilateral cerebral hemisphere
- P: pial angiomatosis
- S: