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S R Sadda1, N R Miller, R Tamargo
1Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Department of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Abstract:
Visual loss in patients with encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis or Sturge-Weber syndrome usually results from secondary glaucoma or from damage to the retrogeniculate pathways by the angiomatous lesions. Optic neuropathy has not been reported as a component of this syndrome. This report describes a patient who developed bilateral optic neuropathy with progressive visual loss associated with diffuse cerebral angiomatosis in the setting of Sturge-Weber syndrome.
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