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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Dermatol. 2012 Nov;29(6):738–748. doi: 10.1111/pde.12001

Table 2.

Fifty-two Individuals with ECDS and PRS Reported in the Literature

Reference Cutaneous
involvement
Neurologic
 involvement
Neuroimaging findings
Asher 1982
(27)
Right PRS Migraine headaches
Sensory defects
Nerve palsies
Abnormal deep
 tendon reflexes
Vision loss
CT: normal
MRI: N/A
Asher
1982(27)
Left PRS None CT: contralateral parietal non-enhancing area of increased
 density
MRI: N/A
David
1990(28)
Left ECDS Headaches
Seizures
CT: ipsilateral retrobulbar soft tissue mass with proptosis;
 ipsilateralparieto-occipital calcification with enhancement
MRI: N/A
Fry 1992(29) Right PRS Hemiparesis CT: normal
MRI: N/A
Fry 1992(29) Right PRS Headaches CT: ipsilateral frontal calcification
MRI: ipsilateral frontal T2 HI
Fry 1992(29) Right PRS Behavioral disorder
Seizures
CT: ipsilateral frontal calcification
MRI: ipsilateral frontal T2 HI
Fry 1992(29) Right PRS None CT: normal
MRI: ipsilateral frontal T2 HI
Fry 1992(29) Left PRS None CT: ipsilateral frontal calcification
MRI: ipsilateral hemispheric multifocal T2 HI
Fry 1992(29) Left PRS None CT: N/A
MRI: normal
Liu 1994(30) Left ECDS None CT: ipsilateral frontal calcification
MRI: ipsilateral frontal neuromigrational abnormality;
 ipsilateral frontal calcification and T2 HI
Liu 1994(30) Left ECDS None CT: N/A
MRI: normal
Liu 1994(30) Left PRS N/A CT: normal
MRI: normal
Liu 1994(30) N/A None CT: ipsilateral frontal calcification
MRI: ipsilateral frontal neuromigrational abnormality;
 ipsilateral frontal calcification and T2 HI
Liu 1994(30) N/A None CT: ipsilateral parietal hypoattenuating lesion
MRI: N/A
Liu 1994(30) N/A None CT: N/A
MRI: normal
Cory 1995(31) Left PRS Seizures CT: ipsilateral cingulate gyrus calcification; ipsilateral frontal
 and parietal subcortical white matter flow densities
MRI: ipsilateral cingulate gyrus T1 and T2 calcification;
 ipsilateral corpus callosal genu, subcortical white matter of
 cingulate gyrus, deep frontal white matter, frontoparietal
 subcortical white matter T2 HI; encephalomalacia;
 ipsilateral frontoparietal pial enhancement
Derex
1995(32)
Left PRS Seizures
Mental retardation
CT: ipsilateral parietal porencephalic cyst; left frontal and
 parietal calcification
MRI: ipsilateral parietal porencephalic cyst
Schievink
1996(33)
Left PRS Vision loss
Nerve palsies
Sensory defects
CT: ipsilateral cerebral atrophy; ipsilateral basal ganglia,
 lateral ventricle, and parietal calcifications; contralateral
 cavernous sinus aneurysm
MRI: N/A
Goldberg-
Stern 1997(19)
Left PRS Abnormal deep
 tendon reflex
Seizures
CT: ipsilateral frontal densities
MRI: ipsilateral frontal T2 HI; ipsilateral frontoparietal gyral
 or sulcal enhancement
Menni
1997(34)
Right ECDS
and PRS
Hemiparesis CT: normal
MRI: ipsilateral hemispheric T2 HI
Taylor
1997(35)
Right ECDS
and PRS
Seizures
Vision loss
CT: ipsilateral temporal calcification
MRI: ipsilateral temporal mixed signal abnormality
Higashi
2000(36)
Left ECDS Headaches
Seizures
Dizziness
CT: N/A
MRI: ipsilateral frontal T2 HI
Yano 2000(37) Left ECDS and
PR
Seizures CT: ipsilateral frontal and parietal calcifications; ipsilateral
 white matter hypodensity
MRI: ipsilateral frontal and parietal T2 HI
Aynaci
2001(38)
Left PRS Adie’s pupil CT: ipsilateral parietal calcification
MRI: ipsilateral parietal subcortical T2 HI
MRA: normal
Moko
2003(39)
Left PRS Migraine headaches CT: N/A
MRI: ipsilateral cerebral T2 HI
Moko 2003(39) Left PRS None CT: N/A
MRI: normal
Shah 2003(13) Right PRS Migraine headaches
Seizures
Hemiparesis
Abnormal deep
 tendon reflexes
CT: N/A
MRI: ipsilateral frontoparietal atrophy; ipsilateral frontal T2
 HI
MRA: normal
Appenzeller
2004(3)
Right ECDS None CT: normal
MRI: abnormal gyral pattern; blurring of gray-white matter
Appenzeller
2004(3)
Right ECDS None CT: normal
MRI: abnormal gyral pattern; blurring of gray-white matter;
 calcification
Finley
2004(40)
Right PRS None CT: N/A
MRI: ipsilateral orbital atrophy
MRA: normal
Hulzebos
2004(41)
Right PRS None CT: N/A
MRI: ipsilateral orbital atrophy
Sandhu
2004(42)
Left PRS Seizures CT: N/A
MRI: ipsilateral frontal subdural hygroma
Sathornsumete
e 2005(43)
Right ECDS
and PRS
Seizures
Dysarthria
Dysphagia
Nerve palsies
Abnormal deep
 tendon reflexes
CT: N/A
MRI: ipsilateral cerebral atrophy; hippocampal asymmetry;
 ipsilateral subdural fluid collection; ipsilateral frontal T2 HI
Holl-Weiden
2006(16)
Left ECDS Headaches CT: N/A
MRI: ipsilateral frontoparietal and occipital T2 HI
Okumura
2006(44)
Left PRS None CT: ipsilateral cerebral and contralateral parieto-occipital
 hypoattenuating lesions
MRI: ipsilateral cerebral and contralateral parieto-occipital T2
 HI
Paprocka
2006(15)
Left PRS Seizures
Hemiparesis
Mental retardation
CT: N/A
MRI: ipsilateral frontoparietal atrophy; ipsilateral parietal T2
 hyperintensity; contralateral occipital T2 hyperintensity
MRA: normal
MRS: decreased NAA and creatine; presence of lipid and
 lactate (ipsilateral> contralateral)
SPECT: ipsilateral frontoparietal decreased
 radiopharmaceutical uptake
Sommer
2006(1)
Right PRS Seizures
Migraine headaches
CT: N/A
MRI: normal
Sommer
2006(1)
Right PRS None CT: N/A
MRI: normal
Sommer
2006(1)
Left ECDS and
PRS
Seizures
Migraine headaches
CT: N/A
MRI: normal
Sommer
2006(1)
Right PRS None CT: N/A
MRI: normal
Sommer
2006(1)
Right PRS Developmental delay CT: N/A
MRI: normal
Carreno
2007(11)
Left PRS Seizures CT: N/A
MRI: ipsilateral cerebral atrophy
Verhels
2008(45)
Right ECDS
and PRS
Seizures
Developmental
 regression
CT: ipsilateral cortical and subcortical calcifications
MRI: ipsilateral hippocampal atrophy
Chiang
2009(46)
Right ECDS Seizures CT: normal
MRI: ipsilateral cerebral atrophy; ipsilateral temporo-occipital
 T2 HI
Menascu
2009(21)
Left ECDS and
PRS
Migraine headaches
Abnormal deep
 tendon reflexes
Fine motor
 impairment
CT: N/A
MRI: ipsilateral fronto-parietal and temporal T2 HI
MRA: normal
MRS: normal
Sartori
2009(47)
Left ECDS and
PRS
Seizures
Behavioral disorder
CT: ipsilateral basifrontal and temporal calcification
MRI: ipsilateral basifrontal cortical and subcortical T2 and
 FLAIR HI
Qureshi
2010(48)
Left PRS Vision loss
Seizures
Hemiparesis
CT: narrowing of ipsilateral carotid canal
MRI: ipsilateral cerebral atrophy; ipsilateral orbital atrophy
MRA: diffuse narrowing of ipsilateral ICA and PCA
Takenouchi
2010(49)
Right PRS Hemiparesis
Migraine headaches
Movement disorder
CT: N/A
MRI: ipsilateral cerebral and thalamic atrophy and T2 and
 FLAIR HI
MRA: normal
Fain 2011(18) Right ECDS
and PRS
Seizures
Headaches
Hemiparesis
Sensory defects
CT: N/A
MRI: ipsilateral sulci effacement; ipsilateral cerebral T2 and
 FLAIR HI; ipsilateral punctate hypointensities (may
 represent micro hemorrhage or calcification, possibly a
 cavernous malformation)
Fain 2011(18) Right ECDS Seizures
Sensory defects
CT: ipsilateral parietal high density lesion
MRI: ipsilateral parietal GRE hypointensity suggestive of
 blood products or calcification, possibly a cavernous
 malformation
Longo
2011(20)
Left PRS Seizures CT: N/A
MRI: ipsilateral T2 HI and T1 hypointensity

HI = hyperintensity/hyperintensities

Soft tissue and calvarial changes were not uniformly reported by all authors and are not included in this table.