Sturge-Weber syndrome causing choroidal haemangioma and serous retinal detachment: an overlooked diagnosis in a black patient

This case features a young healthy black man who was diagnosed with a serous retinal detachment caused by a choroidal haemangioma in the setting of Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS). In this report, we emphasise the diagnostic challenges associated with identifying the manifestations of SWS in individuals with skin of colour. When features of SWS are overlooked, a lack of monitoring or inappropriate treatments may lead to avoidable complications. To improve diagnosis, efforts need to be made to increase awareness among ophthalmologists of how SWS and other vascular lesions present in persons with skin of colour.