9th June 2025

Clinical features

• A cutaneous naevus flammeus (port wine stain) is the characteristic sign of Sturge – Weber syndrome
• Leptomeningeal angiomatosis causing epilepsy (75 – 90%), hemiparesis (25-60%) and developmental delay (50-60%)
• Glaucoma (Occurring in 30-60%)

Image Source: Wikimedia Commons (2014). A new born child with M-CM Syndrome, Licensed under a creative commons licence. Available for free at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_new_born_child_with_m-cm_syndrome..png (Accessed 23 May 2025).