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Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and Sturge-Weber syndrome: variations on a theme?
European Journal of Dermatology. Volume 13, Number 3, 238-41, May 2003, Genes and Skin
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Author(s) : Wynand VISSERS, Maurice VAN STEENSEL, Peter STEIJLEN, Willy RENIER, Peter VAN DE KERKHOF, Carine VAN DER VLEUTEN
Summary : We describe a patient with a complex neurocutaneous syndrome of congenital vascular malformations, abnormalities of brain and bones, and soft tissue hypertrophy of one leg. According to eponymous classification schemes, the patient can be assigned to two different clinical entities. Using the lethal gene theory it is possible to unify these different syndromes and to explain the overlap and diversity of these congenital vascular syndromes. We argue that it is better to describe such vascular malformation syndromes in anatomical/histological or functional terms and map the extent of the disease, rather than name it according to the eponymous classification.
Keywords : Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, Sturge-Weber syndrome, Vascular malformations, Mosaicism, Lethal gene theory

Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and Sturge-Weber syndrome: variations on a theme?