Pulmonary tuberous sclerosis in a woman of child-bearing age with no mental retardation.
Tuberous sclerosis is a rare disease characterized by epilepsy, mental retardation and adenoma sebaceum. We describe the case of a 29-year-old woman with a clinical history of tuberous sclerosis who also had severe hypoxaemia, multifocal hamartoma-like lesions of various extrapulmonary organs, massive hypersplenism and coagulation defects. This case emphasizes the value of high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) in patients with pulmonary tuberous sclerosis.
Polosa
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Istituto Malattie Apparato Respiratorio, Università di Catania, Italy.
Magnano
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M
Crimi
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N
Vancheri
C
C
Mistretta
A
A
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*