Klar Nitasha, Cohen Bernard, Lin Doris D M
Division of Neuroradiology, Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Handb Clin Neurol. 2016;135:565-589. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53485-9.00027-1.
Neurocutaneous syndromes (or phakomatoses) are a diverse group of congenital disorders that encompass abnormalities of neuroectodermal and, sometimes, mesodermal development, hence commonly involving the skin, eye, and central nervous system. These are often inherited conditions and typically present in early childhood or adolescence. Some of the abnormalities and clinical symptoms may, however, be progressive, and there is an increased risk of neoplastic formation in many of the syndromes. As a group, neurocutaneous syndromes are characterized by distinctive cutaneous stigmata and neurologic symptomology, the latter often representing the most devastating and debilitating features of these diseases. Many of these syndromes are markedly heterogeneous in nature as they affect many organ systems. Given the incurable nature of these conditions and the broad spectrum of pathologies they comprise, treatments vary on a case-by-case basis and tend to be palliative rather than curative. With the advances in molecular genetics, however, greater understanding of biologic functions of the gene products and the correlative phenotypic expression is being attained, and this knowledge may guide future therapeutic developments. This chapter focuses on the cutaneous and neurologic pathology with emphasis on neuroimaging of selective neurocutaneous syndromes, including tuberous sclerosis, Sturge-Weber syndrome, Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, ataxia-telangiectasia, and incontinentia pigmenti.
神经皮肤综合征(或 phakomatoses)是一组多样的先天性疾病,包括神经外胚层以及有时中胚层发育异常,因此通常累及皮肤、眼睛和中枢神经系统。这些疾病往往是遗传性的,通常在幼儿期或青少年期出现。然而,一些异常和临床症状可能会进展,并且在许多综合征中肿瘤形成的风险增加。作为一个群体,神经皮肤综合征的特征是独特的皮肤体征和神经症状,后者往往是这些疾病最具破坏性和使人衰弱的特征。由于这些综合征影响许多器官系统,它们在本质上具有明显的异质性。鉴于这些疾病无法治愈的性质以及它们所包含的广泛病理类型,治疗方法因病例而异,往往是姑息性的而非治愈性的。然而,随着分子遗传学的进展,人们对基因产物的生物学功能和相关表型表达有了更深入的了解,这些知识可能会指导未来的治疗发展。本章重点关注皮肤和神经病理学,着重介绍选择性神经皮肤综合征的神经影像学,包括结节性硬化症、斯特奇-韦伯综合征、克-特综合征、共济失调-毛细血管扩张症和色素失禁症。