Transient focal leptomeningeal enhancement in Sturge-Weber syndrome.

J Neuroimaging

Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA.

Published: July 2002

The authors describe a 36-year-old man with Sturge-Weber syndrome who presented with focal seizures and subsequently developed a temporary post-ictal hemianopia. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain demonstrated focal leptomeningeal enhancement, which subsequently resolved.

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