Life expectancy Life expectancy does not necessarily have to be limited in Sturge Weber syndrome. If above all the port-wine stain is in the foreground of the disease and there are no drastic accompanying symptoms, the patient is hardly different from a healthy person. The eye diseases associated with the syndrome do not usually change … Life expectancy | Sturge Weber Syndrome
Causes The cause of the Sturge Weber syndrome lies on a genetic level. According to current knowledge, it is a somatic mutation. This means that the disease is not inherited, but is triggered spontaneously by errors in the carrier’s DNA. The sequence of certain compounds in the DNA, so-called base pairs, determines the blueprint of … Causes | Sturge Weber Syndrome
Definition The Sturge Weber syndrome, also known as encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis, is a chronically progressive disease from the so-called circle of neurocutaneous phacomatoses. It is a group of diseases of the nervous system and skin characterized by malformations. The Sturge Weber syndrome is characterized by the formation of angiomas (German: Blutschwamm). Angiomas are benign vascular tumors … Sturge Weber Syndrome
Definition Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that causes tumor-like but benign vascular malformations in the central nervous system. The retina of the eye and the cerebellum are most commonly affected. Therefore, the disease is also called retinocerebellar angiomatosis. The disease is named after its first descriptors; the German ophthalmologist Eugen von Hippel … Von-Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
Therapy of the Von-Hippel-Lindau syndrome The cause of Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome is a mutation on chromosome three. A causal therapy is currently not possible. Therefore, only the option of symptomatic therapy remains. Here, the size and localization of the vascular malformation are decisive. Small tumors in the area of the retina are treated by laser. … Therapy of the Von-Hippel-Lindau syndrome | Von-Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
