Ophthalmic manifestations and management of Sturge-Weber Syndrome in long-term observation

Abstract

Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS) is a birth-set defect belonging to the phacomatosis group. Some patients may develop ophthalmic symptoms such as glaucoma, choroidal tumors, eyelids’ vascular lesions, and an eye’s anterior segment. This paper aims to present the course of SWS for ophthalmic patients in long-term observation. We treated three patients at the Glaucoma Outpatient Clinic, Ophthalmology Department of the University of Medical Sciences in Poznan, Poland, between 2004 and 2021. We diagnosed open-angle secondary glaucoma in all patients and choroidal hemangioma in two cases. Differential diagnoses included other optic nerve pathologies. In two patients, glaucoma was well controlled pharmacologically in long-term follow-up. One patient required taking the risk of surgical treatment. All patients needed interdisciplinary cooperation due to general symptoms and are under ophthalmological control.