2013
DOI: 10.1155/2013/517145
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Periodontal Management of Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Abstract: Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a sporadic disorder and is frequent among the neurocutaneous syndromes specifically with vascular predominance. This syndrome consists of constellation of clinical features like facial nevus, seizures, hemiparesis, intracranial calcifications, and mental retardation. It is characterized by focal port-wine stain, ocular abnormalities (glaucoma), and choroidal hemangioma and leptomeningeal angioma most often involving occipital and parietal lobes. The present paper reports three ca… Show more

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“…1,2,3 Table 1 highlights the extra and intraoral features reported on previously SWS cases as well as its dental management, thus highlighting the role of the dentist on its diagnosis and treatment. 1,2,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] The Roach Scale is used as a classification of the SWS manifestations: 18 Type 1 presents with facial and leptomeningeal angiomas and glaucoma may occur; Type 2 involves facial angioma alone -no CNS alteration is observed -and may have glaucoma and finally, type III shows isolated leptomeningeal angiomas and usually glaucoma. Furthermore, when the CNS and facial angiomas are present, SWS is referred to as complete, whereas it is incomplete when only one of these areas is affected.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1,2,3 Table 1 highlights the extra and intraoral features reported on previously SWS cases as well as its dental management, thus highlighting the role of the dentist on its diagnosis and treatment. 1,2,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] The Roach Scale is used as a classification of the SWS manifestations: 18 Type 1 presents with facial and leptomeningeal angiomas and glaucoma may occur; Type 2 involves facial angioma alone -no CNS alteration is observed -and may have glaucoma and finally, type III shows isolated leptomeningeal angiomas and usually glaucoma. Furthermore, when the CNS and facial angiomas are present, SWS is referred to as complete, whereas it is incomplete when only one of these areas is affected.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The lesion extension over the midline is observed in 50% of the patients and bilateral involvement in 33% of the cases. 8 …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Bu sendrom porto şarabı renkli nevus, leptomeningeal anjiom ve glokom gibi karakteristik bulgularının yanı sıra epilepsi, hemianopsi, hemiparazi, mental retardasyon gibi birçok bulguyu içeren, çok geniş klinik bulgular gösteren bir sendromdur. 11 Bu sendromun kliniksel olarak şiddeti Roach ölçeğine göre sınıflandırılmaktadır 14 ve sunduğumuz vaka Roach ölçeğine göre Tip 1 olarak sınıflandırılmıştır.…”
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“…Bu durum oral bölgenin enfeksiyonlarına sebep olabilir ve kişinin sistemik sağlığını da etkileyebilir. 2,11 Sunduğumuz vakada hastamız mental reterdasyona, kollarda ve ellerde atrofiye sahipti. Mental retardasyon, fiziksel problemler ve antiepileptik ilaç kullanımı bu hastada oral hijyenin ciddi bir şekilde bozulmasına neden olmuştur.…”
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