Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a neurological disorder related to a gene mutation, marked by a distinctive port-wine stain on the forehead, scalp or around the eye.
Objective: To determine the effect of facial port-wine stain (PWS) on quality of life (QoL) in our population with skin type III to IV, using the Skindex-29 scoring system.
Background: The location of facial port-wine stain (PWS) may be helpful for predicting some associated anomalies; high glaucoma incidence is found in patients with eyes close to PWS-affected areas (V1, ophthalmic branch area of the trigeminal nerve).
Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS), or encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis, is a rare, congenital neurocutaneous syndrome characterized by unilateral facial cutaneous vascular malformation (nevus flammeus or port-wine stain [PWS]) in association with ipsilateral leptomeningeal angiomatosis.
Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome (KTS) is one of the rare congenital hyperplasia syndromes, generally involving a single extremity, characterized by port-wine stain type cutaneous vascular malformations, bone and soft tissue hypertrophy and varicose veins.
Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome (KTWS) is characterized by a triad of port-wine stain, varicose veins, and bone and soft tissue hypertrophy involving an extremity [1].
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