title: Pulmonary tuberous sclerosis in a woman of child-bearing age with no mental retardation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Malattie Apparato Respiratorio, Università di Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Polosa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magnano
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Crimi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vancheri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mistretta
mesh_terms: 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*