Tuberous Sclerosis.

Author: Hyun Kil CHUN ¹ ; Jung Keun SUH ; Hoon Kap LEE ; Jeong Wha CHU
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1. Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Korea University, Korea.
Publication Type:Original Article
Keywords: Adenoma sebaceum; Mental retardation; Epilepsy; Cerebral tuber; Hereditary; Atypical cell(Tuberous sclerosis cell); Gliosis
MeSH: Adolescent; Brain; Diagnosis; Epilepsy; Fathers; Gliosis; Humans; Intellectual Disability; Korea; Male; Sclerosis; Siblings; Tuberous Sclerosis*
From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1985;14(2):421-426
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:Korean
Abstract: A case of the tuberous sclerosis, 14-years old boy, was observed. In his father and sister, the cerebral tubers were noted by brain computerized tomography. This disease has been reported occasionally in dermatologic and psychiatric department because of adenoma sebaceum, mental retardation and epilepsy respectively, but it has not been reported at neurosurgical department in Korea. The histopathology of the brain lesion showed atypical cell(tuberous sclerosis cell), gliosis and nonspecific calcification which confirmed the diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis.