Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber 综合征中的多发性脑和脊髓血管畸形。
Multiple cerebral and spinal cord cavernomas in Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome.
机构信息
Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical School, Hôpital Général CHU Dijon, 3 Rue du Faubourg Raines, Dijon 21000, France.
出版信息
J Clin Neurosci. 2010 Aug;17(8):1073-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.11.013. Epub 2010 May 20.
Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome (KTWS) is a rare syndrome in which patients harbor cutaneous hemangiomas, venous varicosities, and osseous-soft tissue hypertrophy of the affected limb. The clinical presentation of this syndrome is variable and the etiopathogenesis is presumably genetic in view of recent discoveries of RASA1 gene mutations in KTWS patients. Similarly, the KRIT1 gene is involved in pathogenesis of cavernous angiomas. Both RASA1 and KRIT1 genes interact with Rap1a protein, a member of the Ras family of guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) signalling cellular adhesion. We report a 55-year-old male with KTWS harboring multiple cavernous angiomas in the thoracic spinal cord and the brainstem, as revealed by MRI. Angiography ruled out arteriovenous malformation. The patient was managed conservatively. The rarity of cavernous angiomas in KTWS and the possibilities of shared genetic pathways between KTWS and cavernous angiomas are discussed.
Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber 综合征(KTWS)是一种罕见的综合征,患者存在皮肤血管瘤、静脉瘤和受累肢体的骨-软组织肥大。鉴于最近在 KTWS 患者中发现 RASA1 基因突变,该综合征的临床表现具有变异性,其发病机制推测为遗传。同样,KRIT1 基因参与海绵状血管瘤的发病机制。RASA1 和 KRIT1 基因都与 Ras 家族鸟苷三磷酸酶(GTPases)信号细胞黏附的 Rap1a 蛋白相互作用。我们报告了一名 55 岁男性患者,他患有 KTWS,MRI 显示胸段脊髓和脑干有多发性海绵状血管瘤。血管造影排除了动静脉畸形。该患者接受了保守治疗。讨论了 KTWS 中海绵状血管瘤的罕见性以及 KTWS 和海绵状血管瘤之间可能存在共享遗传途径的问题。