[Childhood's ophthalmologic involvement in Sturge-Weber-Krabbe syndrome]

Arch Pediatr. 2017 Jan;24(1):36-40. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2016.10.011. Epub 2016 Nov 22.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Ophthalmologic involvement in Sturge-Weber-Krabbe syndrome (SWKS) is present in 30-70% of cases and needs to be reviewed because of its impact on visual development. We report a case of a newborn for whom SSWK with ophthalmologic involvement was suspected. She had a right segmental plane angioma associated with right congenital glaucoma and suspected right pial angioma. Ophthalmic involvement in SWKS may be nonocular: iatrogenic by treatment-associated complications and central by leptomeningeal damage. Ophthalmologic involvement can occur throughout childhood and is mainly represented by glaucoma and diffuse choroidal hemangioma and then conjunctival hemangioma, retinal detachment, and iris heterochromia. SWKS requires multidisciplinary care with eye examination and prolonged follow-up as soon as clinical suspicion arises.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Glaucoma / complications*
  • Glaucoma / congenital
  • Hemangioma / complications*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Pia Mater / diagnostic imaging
  • Sturge-Weber Syndrome / complications*