A case report of a pregnant woman with Sturge-Weber syndrome. Issue 4 (April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Luo, Ying; Yang, Yang; Chen, Xiu
• Is Part Of: Journal of international medical research. Volume 48:Issue 4(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-04
• Subjects: Sturge-Weber syndrome -- vessel hyperplasia -- port wine birthmark -- pregnant woman; Medicine -- Periodicals; Pharmacology -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1177/0300060520913708
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0300-0605

Abstract

A 23-year-old pregnant woman presented with headache and paroxysmal spasm of the right limb. She was born with a port-wine birthmark around the left eye frame. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed evidence of atrophy, calcification and vascular malformation in the left cerebral hemisphere. She was diagnosed with Sturge-Weber syndrome. She gave birth to a child without a port-wine birthmark through a caesarean section and her headache eased without surgical intervention of the intracranial vessel hyperplasia. This case suggests that pregnant women with SWS can deliver safely.