Galicia Clínica (Mar 2016)

Diagnóstico Tardio de Esclerose Tuberosa

  • Catarina Oliveira,
  • Raquel Real,
  • Goreti Nadais,
  • Carolina Garrett

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22546/35/840
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 77, no. 1
pp. 33 – 35

Abstract

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Tuberous sclerosis (also referred to as Tuberous Sclerosis Complex) is an autosomal dominant neurocutaneous syndrome that can involve multiple organs such as the brain, heart, kidney, lung, liver, skin and eye. The diagnosis is clinical and most patients are identified during childhood, in the context of a severe epileptic or neuropsychiatric disorder. Here we report a case of TSC diagnosed in an adult woman with dermatological and vascular involvement that were only recognized as manifestations of TSC after the diagnosis of her infant daughter. This case highlights how important it is that physicians recognize the full spectrum of manifestations of TSC, including the most unusual, so not to miss the diagnosis

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