[Clinical and tomographic aspects of 29 cases of phakomatosis in Guinea].
The purpose of this report is to describe 29 cases of phakomatosis including 18 cases of tuberous sclerosis (Bourneville) and 11 cases of neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen) observed over a 10-year period at the Neurology Department of the University Hospital Centre in Conakry, Guinea. Findings during this period were consistent with those classically reported in the literature: high frequency of advanced skin lesions coalescing into massive tumours, occurrence of seizures of all types and development of a wide variety of complications as a result of late diagnosis. Our experience underscores the need for follow-up and surveillance of these patients by somatic studies based on neurological, ophthalmologic and tomographic data depending on clinical findings.
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Service de Neurologie, CHU Conakry, Guinée. mtsoumah@yahoo.fr
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Bah
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Kourouma
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Koulibaly
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Morel
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Diaby
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Doukouré
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D004569:Electroencephalography; D016701:Guinea; D006801:Humans; D020752:Neurocutaneous Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000175:diagnosis; D012640:Seizures; D012871:Skin Diseases; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis