Neonatal tuberous sclerosis presenting with intractable seizures.
A 2-day old girl with status epilepticus, unresponsive to maximum pharmacological intervention, is reported. Findings of brain and cardiac lesions pointed to the diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis. One of the brain lesions was unusually large, occupying most of the right temporo-parietal lobe.
Lago
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Division of Neonatology, University Padova, Italy.
Boniver
C
C
Casara
G L
GL
Laverda
A M
AM
Fiore
A
A
Salvadori
S
S
Carollo
C
C
Saia
O S
OS
D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D012598:Sclerosis; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000927:Anticonvulsants