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Blue rubber-bleb nevus syndrome: report of a familial case with a dural arteriovenous fistula.

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We report a case of a 45-year-old woman known to have a familial form of blue rubber-bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS). The patient developed severe occipital headaches and bilateral retroauricular bruits. Cerebral angiography showed a large dural arteriovenous fistula in the torcular region. Central

[A case of linear sebaceous nevus syndrome associated with a cerebrovascular anomaly].

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We report a 34-year-old woman with linear sebaceous nevus syndrome and dolichomegalic artery. The patient was admitted to our hospital for evaluation of a headache and fever. Neurological examination revealed no focal sign except neck stiffness. She had had sebaceous nevi on the left side of her

Primary Meningeal Melanocytoma in the Left Temporal Lobe Associated with Nevus Ota: a Case Report and Review of the Literature.

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BACKGROUND Primary melanocytic neoplasms of the central nervous system are rare lesions arising from melanocytes of the leptomeninge that are found at highest density underneath the brain stem and along the upper cervical spinal cord. Thus most reported cases of meningeal melanocytomas are located

Case report: nevus of Ota and nevus of Ito associated with meningeal melanocytosis.

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Nevus of Ota and nevus of Ito are hyperpigmentary dermal melanocytoses which develop as a consequence of disturbances or failures during migration of melanocytes from the neural crest towards the epidermis; they have a relatively unknown aetiopathogenesis and may be congenital or

Intracranial meningeal melanocytoma associated with nevus of Ota.

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We report a rare intracranial meningeal melanocytoma associated with the nevus of Ota. The patient was 36-year-old man with a 2-week history of headache and difficulty in opening his right eye. Physical examination showed a black nevus scattered on the right-hand side of the face, right eyelid

[Blue nevus of the scalp associated with a meningeal melanocytoma].

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BACKGROUND Headache opposite to a blue nevus of the scalp can reveal intra cranial melanotic lesions. METHODS A 25-year-old man caucasian was admitted to hospital for a first generalized tonic-clonic seizure. For six months, he has had episodic frontal-temporal right headache opposite to a blue

Intralesional bleomycin injection treatment for vascular birthmarks: a 5-year experience at a single United Kingdom unit.

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BACKGROUND The authors present their experience using an established chemotherapeutic agent as a scarless treatment for vascular birthmarks. One hundred sixty-four of more than 600 patients seen in the authors' center received intralesional bleomycin injection over 5 years. METHODS Patient

Meningeal melanocytoma of the brain and oculodermal melanocytosis (nevus of Ota): case report and literature review.

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BACKGROUND Meningeal melanocytomas are rare benign pigmented tumors of meningeal melanocytes. Nevus of Ota is a melanocytic pigmentation of the sclera and the skin adjacent to the eye. We report a rare case of parietal convexity meningeal melanocytoma associated with ipsilateral mucocutaneous

Migraine-like attacks in child with Sturge-Weber syndrome without facial nevus.

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The Sturge-Weber syndrome was recently subdivided into type I (facial and leptomeningeal angioma, possible glaucoma), type II (facial angioma, without evident endocranial involvement), and type III (exclusive leptomeningeal angioma). Thus far in the literature only 24 cases of Sturge-Weber syndrome

Encephalofacial angiomatosis sparing the occipital lobe and without facial nevus: on the spectrum of Sturge-Weber syndrome variants?

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We report two cases of leptomeningeal angiomatosis in atypical frontoparietotemporal locations without an associated facial port-wine stain. Evidence of a leptomeningeal angioma was found in each when they were evaluated for headaches and seizures. The diagnosis of a leptomeningeal angioma was

Percutaneous transfacial direct embolization of an intraosseous dural arteriovenous fistula.

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BACKGROUND An intraosseous dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) is a rare cerebrovascular disease. The fistulous connection occurs within intraosseous diploic or transosseous emissary veins causing dilated intraosseous vascular pouches. To the authors' knowledge, this report describes the first

[Sturge-Weber syndrome associated with atlanto-occipital assimilation: a report of a case (author's transl)].

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A unique association of Sturge-Weber syndrome and atlanto-occipital assimilation is presented. A 18-year-old male was admitted in emergency because of the sudden severe headache and vomiting. He had vascular nevus in the right half of the face at birth and several episodes of generalized convulsive

Encephalocraniocutaneous Lipomatosis.

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A 5-year-old boy presented with worsening headaches for 3 months. On examination, he was found to have a hairless fatty tissue nevus of the scalp (nevus psiloliparus), subcutaneous soft tissue masses on the right side of his face, neck, mandible and right buttock and epibulbar dermoid of the right

[A case of atypical type of Sturge-Weber syndrome demonstrated reversible change by MRI FLAIR method in ictus and in postictal state].

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We report a patient of atypical type of Sturge-Weber syndrome who demonstrated a reversible change by MRI FLAIR method in ictus and postictal state. A 5-year-old boy was admitted to our hospital because of severe headache, vomiting and loss of consciousness with his eyes conjugated to left for a few

Cerebral cavernous malformation: novel mutation in a Chinese family and evidence for heterogeneity.

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Familial cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is an autosomal dominant disorder producing vascular anomalies throughout the central nervous system associated with seizures and hemorrhagic stroke. Linkage analysis has shown evidence for at least three genetic loci underlying this disorder with a

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