Tuberous sclerosis

Hereditary disease characterized by seizures, mental retardation, developmental delay, and skin and ocular lesions. First signs usually occur during infancy or childhood but in rare cases may not occur until 2nd or 3rd decade.

Disease Alternative Name

tsc
tuberous sclerosis syndrome
tuberous sclerosis complex
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Mother brought her 4 year female child with the c/o child speaking only monosyllable words like ma,ba,da. Child has poor...See More

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Child needs evaluation by Pediatric Neurologist/ Neurologist. MRI failed to demonstrate priventricular nodules suggestive of TS. Probable ASD.Needs clinical evaluation. Start speech therapy


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on wood lamp examination tinea capitis-light yellow green pseudomonas-apple green/golden yellow Tuberous sclerosis-blue white Vitiligo-white erythrasma-coral red/pink porphyria cutanea tarda-red/pink pityriasis versicolor-golden yellow/ap...See More

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A traditional Wood lamp is a low-output mercury arc covered by a Wood filter (barium silicate and 9% nickel oxide) and emits wavelength 320–450 nm (peak 365 nm). The lamp was invented in 1903 by a Baltimore physicist, Robert W. Wood.


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this is a 18/f with mental retardation, seizure and delayed mile stone.how can we dx her as tuberous sclerosis

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TS is diagnosed by genetic testing or a series of tests that includes: an MRI of the brain. a CT scan of the head. an electrocardiogram. an echocardiogram. a kidney ultrasound. an eye exam. looking at your skin under an Wood's lamp, ...


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16 yr old female with multiple angiofibromas over the face since 10 yrs, Shagreen patches over back, hypopigmented macul...See More

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Topical RapamycinA Novel Approach to Facial Angiofibromas in Tuberous Sclerosis Topical sirolimus seems to be a fairly well tolerated choice in future. After the incidental observation of improvement in angiofibromas in a kidney transplant...


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