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Wyburn-Mason Syndrome

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Neurocutaneous Disorders Phakomatoses and Hamartoneoplastic Syndromes

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Wyburn-Mason’s syndrome is a rare neurocutaneous disorder characterised mainly by: (1) usually unilateral arteriovenous malformations of the (mid) brain; (2) vascular abnormalities of the retina, optic nerve, orbit, optic chiasm and tract; and (3) multiple cutaneous nevi consisting either of faint reddish-bluish discoloration or dilated enlarged superficial veins involving the trigeminal region (Younge 1987).

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  1. Institute of Neurological Science, National Research Council, Catania

    Martino Ruggieri MD, PhD

  2. Department of Paediatrics, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Martino Ruggieri MD, PhD

  3. Department of Radiology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, St. John West Shore Hospital, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 29000 Center Ridge Road, Westlake, OHIO, USA

    Orhan Konez MD

  4. Section of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Paediatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Policlinico Gemelli Largo Gemelli, 800168, Rome, Italy

    Concezio Rocco

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  1. Institute of Neurological Science, National Research Council, Catania, Italy

    Martino Ruggieri

  2. University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain

    Ignacio Pascual-Castroviejo

  3. Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

    Concezio Di Rocco

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Ruggieri, M., Konez, O., Rocco, C. (2008). Wyburn-Mason Syndrome. In: Ruggieri, M., Pascual-Castroviejo, I., Di Rocco, C. (eds) Neurocutaneous Disorders Phakomatoses and Hamartoneoplastic Syndromes. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-69500-5_14

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