The use of cryosurgery in treating the fibrous papules of tuberous sclerosis.
A patient with fibrous papules of the face as a part of tuberous sclerosis was treated by cryosurgery. The definite improvement attending this treatment was maintained over an eighteen-month follow-up period.
D000293:Adolescent; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*