Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS) is a vascular disorder of capillary angiomas resulting in port wine stain angiomas affecting the skin, angiomas and glaucoma of the eye, and leptomeningeal angiomas surrounding the brain. SWS patients with brain involvement can have seizures, stroke-like episodes, and neurologic deficits. Current treatments used to prevent these symptoms include aspirin and anti-seizure medications, but neither is well supported by longitudinal studies. Nor is it clear exactly what causes stroke-like symptoms or how to identify SWS patients at risk for these symptoms.
The overall objective of this study is to identify SWS patients at most risk to have severe neurological symptoms and to identify potential treatments. We are conducting a multi-center, longitudinal study, and collecting detailed clinical and imaging data, as well as blood samples at three time points from patients.
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