Secondary Glaucoma in Sturge Weber Syndrome

17th October 2017:

We know about Sturge-Weber syndrome, the neuro-cutaneous disorder with angiomas on the skin of the face, typically in the ophthalmic (V1) and maxillary (V2) distributions of the trigeminal nerve. Did you know that you can predict the chances of secondary glaucoma based on the extent of the port wine stain?

In  Sturge Weber syndrome if the port wine stain involved the upper eyelid there is 1/3 rd chance of that eye developing secondary glaucoma.


‘Pediatric Pearls of Wisdom’ is an initiative by Agashe Paediatric SuperSpeciality Care for general practitioners and pediatricians. We send out small informative tidbits from the fields of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Pediatric Orthopedics (such as the one above) in the form of weekly emailers. If you would like to receive these emails, do drop us an email at contactus@agashehospital.com with ‘Subscribe me to Pediatric Pearls’ as the subject. You may get in touch with us here too.