Neurocutaneous syndromes - Shanyar's Lecture Explorer
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Neurocutaneous syndromes
Dr. Ibrahim Khasraw
Lecturer in Pediatrics
School of Medicine
University of Sulaimani
They are group of syndromes characterized by
involvement of the brain & skin.
Because both originated from ectoderm embryologic ally.
Types ; neurofibromatosis type1&2
tuberous sclerosis
sturge webber syndrome
ataxia telangectasia
incontinentia pigmenti
von hipple lindau disease
Neurofibromatosis NF1&NF2
Incidence 1:3000 live birthes/prevalenc 1/50000
A.D 1/3 due to new mutation
Abnormality due to chromosome 17& neurofibrin
Criteria for diagnosis
(NF1:Von-wrikling hausen dis.) :
>=2 of these should be present
1. >=6 of cafe-au-lait spot>5 mm in size before puberty
later on >15 mm.
2. >1 NF (nodular overgrowth of NF)
3. Axillary or inguinal freckles' .
4. Optic glioma which cause blurring of vision .
5. Iris –lesh nodule on slit lamp exam .
6. Bony lesion: sphenoid dysplasia lead to protrusion of
eye ball .
7. 1st degree relative with NF1 .
Other features: Skin lesion more common after puberty, may be mild or
severe .
NF may occur in peripheral N. &cranial N.
Visual ,auditory involvement if the 2nd &8thcranialN.
Megalencephaly, learning difficulty ,epilepsy may
present.
Pseudoarhrosis, scoliosis ,cardiac involvement may occur
.
NF2(central)
Present with bilateral aquastic neuroma.
More common in adolescents.
Deafness & cerebro pontine angle syndrome(facial palsy
+- cerebellar ataxia .
Feature of both NF1 &NF2 may be mixed .
Both may have endocrinal disorder(MEN).
Phaeochromocytoma ,pulmonary hypertension, renal
artery stenosis ,glioma of the brain & sarcoma .
Rx: no radical treatment for both, apart from symptomatic
Surg. For ,hydrocephalus and brain tumor. Drugs for
Epilepsy to prevent farther attacks.
Tuberous sclerosis (Epiloea) :
A.D 70% newmutation .
Prevalence 1:9000 live birth .
Hamartoma in many organs :brain ,eye, skin,kidney ,heart
.
Abnormality in hamartin & tuberin in chr.16 .
C/F(cutaneous)
Ash-leaf patch (depigmented)better seen by woods light&
U.V .
Shagreen patch (roughened patch) in area of lumber spine
.
Adenoma sebaceum (angiofibroma) like butter fly on the
bridge of nose & cheeks unusually before 5 years old .
Neurological
Infantile spasm + -developmental delay .
Epilepsy: usually focal, salaam attack, myoclonus, atonic,
grandmal.
Intellectual impairment.
Autistic feature.
Brain glioma.
Others :
Subangual fibroma.
Retinal phakoma.
Cardiac tumor (Rabdomyoma,)in early weeks may
disappears in infancy .
Polycystic kidney ,renal angioglioma .
Investigation
CT scan show calcification, sub ependymal nodules &
tubers in 2nd year of life .
Woods light for ash leaf spot.
DNA study.
Sturge webber syndrom(SWS)
1:50000
Sporadic
Presence of port- wine stain in area of trigeminal
N. which must involve ophthalmic branch, uni or
bilatera lly.
There is underlying piamatar venous hemangioma
Contra lateral hemi paresis .
Calcification of gyri in form of rail-road track
shape on skull X –ray, CT scan ,MRI 60 % .
Epilepsy, M.R. ,hemiplagia,(contra
lateral),intractable epilepsy.
Glaucoma 30-50% hemianopia .
Treatment
Supportive for epilepsy ,glaucoma by drugs or
surgery(hemi spherectomy) ,lesionectomy.
Laser therapy for nevus flummus.
Monitor intra ocular pressure.
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