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Abstract
Phakomatoses are a group of congenital disorders characterised by hamartomatous lesions of the skin as well as the central and peripheral nervous systems. The presence of naevus flammeus or port-wine stain is a characteristic feature of many such disorders including Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS), Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) and Phakomatosis pigmentovascularis (PPV).
We describe the ocular findings in a patient with coexisting PPV, SWS and KTS
- Dermatology
- Ophthalmology
- Congenital disorders
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Contributors VAS contributed to the conception and design, acquisition of data,drafting of the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content. PK contributed to the conception and design, acquisition of data,drafting of the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content. CM contributed to the conception and design, acquisition of data,drafting of the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content. KM contributed to the conception and design, acquisition of data,drafting of the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
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Competing interests None declared.
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