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Sturge–Weber syndrome

a congenital disorder marked by malformation of meningeal blood vessels (hemi- or leptomeningeal angioma), a facial port-wine stain, glaucoma, and focal-motor seizures. Skin pigmentation may occur on one or both sides of the face or extend into the scalp area. Other features include muscle weakness, paralysis, developmental delay, and intellectual disability. Also called encephalofacial angiomatosis; Kalischer syndrome; Parkes–Weber syndrome; Sturge–Weber–Dimitri syndrome. [William A. Sturge (1850–1919) and Frederick Parkes Weber (1863–1962), British physicians; Vicente Dimitri (1885–1955), Austrian physician; S. Kalischer, German physician]

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