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A Rare Case of Incidentally Detected Sturge-Weber Syndrome: a Case Report and Review of the Current Surgical Procedures

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I want to thank Dr. Sultan Alshaobi, MD, for providing the data and for his great help in reviewing this case study.

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  1. Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Diagnostic Radiologic Technology, Taibah University, P.O. 30001, Medina, Al Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Moawia Bushra Gameraddin, Kamal Dahan & Fathelrehman Alagab

  2. Al-Ghad International Colleges for Applied Medical Sciences, Medina, Al Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Mariam Khojali

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Gameraddin, M.B., Dahan, K., Alagab, F. et al. A Rare Case of Incidentally Detected Sturge-Weber Syndrome: a Case Report and Review of the Current Surgical Procedures. SN Compr. Clin. Med. 1, 655–658 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42399-019-00116-y

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