Case of tuberous sclerosis.
Tuberous Sclerosis (TSc) is a benign multi-system hamaertomatosis and is one of the neurocutaneous syndromes (2, 3, 7). The first case of tuberous sclerosis in a 27 years old female patient is reported from Ethiopia. The importance of meticulous evaluation of a patient as a whole to reach at the right diagnosis is stressed. The clinicopathological features of tuberous sclerosis are discussed with literature review.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 2380, Addis Ababa.
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000209:etiology; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics