sturge-weber syndrome

Main Entry: Sturge–Web·er syndrome
Pronunciation: 'st&rj-'web-&r-
Function: noun
: a rare congenital condition that is characterized bya port-wine stain affecting the facial skin on one side in the area innervated by the first branch of the trigeminal nerve and by malformed blood vessels in the brain that may cause progressive mentalretardation, epilepsy, and glaucoma in the eye on the affected side called also Sturge-Weber disease
Sturge, William Allen (1850–1919), British physician. Sturgeserved as physician to the Royal Free Hospital and the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis, both in London. In later years he was in private practice at Nice. Sturge-Weber syndrome was described by himin 1879 and by F. P. Weber in 1922.
F. P. Weber —see WEBER-CHRISTIAN DISEASE