Leptomeningeal angiomatosis and aplasia congenita of the scalp. Case report

J Neurosurg. 1983 Jun;58(6):937-40. doi: 10.3171/jns.1983.58.6.0937.

Abstract

This 9-year-old boy had two circular areas of aplasia congenita of the scalp in the territory of the first division of the trigeminal nerve and an ipsilateral parieto-occipital leptomeningeal capillary venous angioma. He had an associated giant aneurysm of the distal posterior cerebral artery on the same side as the vascular malformation. The patient had a long history of seizures and presented with intracerebral bleeding. This case may be considered as a variant of Sturge-Weber syndrome. Further observations must be added to consider this entity as a separate neurocutaneous disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiomatosis / complications*
  • Angiomatosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Angiomatosis / surgery
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / complications
  • Male
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Scalp / abnormalities*