LESIONS OF VISION ORGAN IN PATIENS WITH TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS (REVIEW OF LITERATURE)

Abstract

Background. The review provides information on the nature and the modern methods of diagnosis of the lesions in organ of vision in patients with tuberous sclerosis.Objective: to explore available publications devoted to studying of the eye lesions in patients with TS.Materials and methods. The review of available full text publications in foreign and Russian databases is carried out.Results. Presented literature review indicates a high variability of the lesions of organ of vision in tuberous sclerosis in the clinical course (slowly progressive, stationary, and rapidly progressive), severity (from asymptomatic to severe disabling), and clinical forms.Conclusion. During the observation of patients (probands) with tuberous sclerosis and their family members, a comprehensive examination, accompanied by widespread introduction into clinical practice of modern diagnostic methods, including dynamic control of asymptomatic members of family genealogy, is important. The multidisciplinary approach has great significance for diagnostics, treatment and dispensary observation of tuberous sclerosis.

Keywords

• phakomatosis
• tuberous sclerosis
• bourneville–pringle disease
• lesion of eye
• optic nerve
• hamartoma