Neurosurgery notes/Vascular/Vascular genetic disease/Parkes-Weber syndrome

Parkes-Weber syndrome

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Vascular genetic disease
  • A triad of
    • Skin capillary malformations,
    • Arteriovenous fistulas (anywhere in the body)
    • Limb overgrowth.
      • A result of increased arterial inflow and impaired venous/lymphatic return in a limb affected by capillary malformations and arteriovenous fistulas.
    • The fistulas seen in this syndrome can involve the spinal cord
      • Therefore, any patient with spinal fistula should at the least have a dermatologic examination, and perhaps a genetic one.