Asymmetric Meckel Cave Enlargement: A Potential Marker of PHACES Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

PHACES syndrome is a complex of morphologic abnormalities of unknown cause and includes posterior fossa abnormalities; head and neck infantile hemangiomas; arterial, cardiac, and eye anomalies; and sternal or abdominal wall defects. Accurate identification of the syndrome is important for optimal treatment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of asymmetric Meckel cave enlargement, a potential novel imaging marker, in a population of patients referred for evaluation of possible PHACES syndrome.

Materials and methods

Eighty-five patients referred for neuroimaging evaluation of possible PHACES syndrome were identified and stratified on the basis of their ultimate clinical PHACES diagnosis categorization into PHACES, possible PHACES,

SUBMITTER: Wright JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7960085 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature