Brushfield-Wyatt disease

Brush·field-Wy·att dis·ease

(brŭsh'fēld wī'ăt),

a familial disorder characterized by unilateral nevus, contralateral hemiplegia, hemianopia, cerebral angioma, and mental retardation; possibly a variant of Sturge-Weber syndrome.

Synonym(s): nevoid amentia

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Brushfield,

Thomas, English physician, 1858-1937.

Brushfield spots - light-colored condensations of the surface of the mid-iris; seen in Down syndrome.

Brushfield-Wyatt disease - a familial disorder characterized by unilateral nevus, contralateral hemiplegia, hemianopia, cerebral angioma, and mental retardation. Synonym(s): nevoid amentia

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Wyatt,

W.,

Brushfield-Wyatt disease - see under Brushfield

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