Two unusual tumours of the gastrointestinal tract in a patient with tuberous sclerosis.
A 16 year old girl with an established diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis presented with a 1 year history of swelling of the left cheek. A 2 cm diameter tumour was excised which showed histological features of a solid variant of a minor salivary gland basal cell adenoma. One year later during laparotomy and excision of multiple renal angiomyolipomas, a 5 cm diameter subserosal tumour was found at the hepatic flexure of the colon. Examination of biopsy material revealed a leiomyoma. This case is presented to demonstrate two tumours that have not to the authors' knowledge been previously described in a young patient with tuberous sclerosis. Although the association may be coincidental, these tumours could represent two rare associations of tuberous sclerosis.
Byard
R W
RW
Department of Histopathology, Adelaide Children's Hospital, Australia.
Phillips
G E
GE
Dardick
I
I
Robertson
E
E
Carter
R F
RF
Bourne
A J
AJ
D000236:Adenoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008067:Lipoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications*