Transient hemiplegia in a child with Sturge-Weber/Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome

Abstract

This study was to describe the neurological evolution of a patient an association ofSturge-Weber and Klippel-Trenaunay syndromes. We report on a girl who was bornwith port wine-colored lesions over the entire body. The child later suffered two neurologicalepisodes; the second left the patient hemiplegic, without consciousness andunable to speak. She started to recover after the seventh day, however full recoverytook more than one month during which time periods of improvement and deteriorationof cerebral perfusion were detected. Currently the patient is 23 years old, attendeda college and is well without obvious neurological signs.Key words: Sturge-Weber syndrome–Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome–hemiplegia