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Neurological and Dermatological Manifestations of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Report from a Romanian Tertiary Hospital Cohort
Tuberous sclerosis complex is a rare multisystem genetic disorder characterized by multiorgan involvement, frequently associated with intellectual impairment and epilepsy. The aim of our study was to describe the neurological and dermatological manifestations of TSC in 32 adult patients (of whom 19...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10607726/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37892688 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12206550 |
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author | Dulamea, Adriana Octaviana Arbune, Anca Adriana Anghel, Daniela Boscaiu, Voicu Andronesi, Andreea Ismail, Gener |
author_facet | Dulamea, Adriana Octaviana Arbune, Anca Adriana Anghel, Daniela Boscaiu, Voicu Andronesi, Andreea Ismail, Gener |
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description | Tuberous sclerosis complex is a rare multisystem genetic disorder characterized by multiorgan involvement, frequently associated with intellectual impairment and epilepsy. The aim of our study was to describe the neurological and dermatological manifestations of TSC in 32 adult patients (of whom 19 were females) who attended the Neurology and Nephrology Clinics of Fundeni Clinical Institute in Romania from 2015 to 2020. Seventeen patients were diagnosed with epilepsy, nine patients had intellectual impairment, and complete neuroimaging was available for twenty-two patients. As expected, the most frequent dermatological lesions were cutaneous angiofibromas in 20 patients, but with a lower frequency than described in the current literature. Statistical analysis was performed considering the small number of patients. Cortical tubers in neuroimaging seemed to be associated with the diagnosis of epilepsy, while subependymal nodules represented a risk factor for intellectual impairment. Males showed a larger number of dermatological types of lesions, especially café -au-lait patches. Interestingly, we found a statistically significant positive association between epilepsy and the presence of cutaneous angiofibromas, as well as total dermatological involvement. Females had significantly higher Charlson comorbidity index scores, indicating a higher burden of disease. Everolimus seemed to be a well-tolerated treatment and showed promising results in controlling epileptic seizures alone in two patients. More studies, with the inclusion of a larger number of patients, are needed to confirm these results. |
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spelling | pubmed-106077262023-10-28 Neurological and Dermatological Manifestations of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Report from a Romanian Tertiary Hospital Cohort Dulamea, Adriana Octaviana Arbune, Anca Adriana Anghel, Daniela Boscaiu, Voicu Andronesi, Andreea Ismail, Gener J Clin Med Article Tuberous sclerosis complex is a rare multisystem genetic disorder characterized by multiorgan involvement, frequently associated with intellectual impairment and epilepsy. The aim of our study was to describe the neurological and dermatological manifestations of TSC in 32 adult patients (of whom 19 were females) who attended the Neurology and Nephrology Clinics of Fundeni Clinical Institute in Romania from 2015 to 2020. Seventeen patients were diagnosed with epilepsy, nine patients had intellectual impairment, and complete neuroimaging was available for twenty-two patients. As expected, the most frequent dermatological lesions were cutaneous angiofibromas in 20 patients, but with a lower frequency than described in the current literature. Statistical analysis was performed considering the small number of patients. Cortical tubers in neuroimaging seemed to be associated with the diagnosis of epilepsy, while subependymal nodules represented a risk factor for intellectual impairment. Males showed a larger number of dermatological types of lesions, especially café -au-lait patches. Interestingly, we found a statistically significant positive association between epilepsy and the presence of cutaneous angiofibromas, as well as total dermatological involvement. Females had significantly higher Charlson comorbidity index scores, indicating a higher burden of disease. Everolimus seemed to be a well-tolerated treatment and showed promising results in controlling epileptic seizures alone in two patients. More studies, with the inclusion of a larger number of patients, are needed to confirm these results. MDPI 2023-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10607726/ /pubmed/37892688 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12206550 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Dulamea, Adriana Octaviana Arbune, Anca Adriana Anghel, Daniela Boscaiu, Voicu Andronesi, Andreea Ismail, Gener Neurological and Dermatological Manifestations of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Report from a Romanian Tertiary Hospital Cohort |
title | Neurological and Dermatological Manifestations of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Report from a Romanian Tertiary Hospital Cohort |
title_full | Neurological and Dermatological Manifestations of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Report from a Romanian Tertiary Hospital Cohort |
title_fullStr | Neurological and Dermatological Manifestations of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Report from a Romanian Tertiary Hospital Cohort |
title_full_unstemmed | Neurological and Dermatological Manifestations of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Report from a Romanian Tertiary Hospital Cohort |
title_short | Neurological and Dermatological Manifestations of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Report from a Romanian Tertiary Hospital Cohort |
title_sort | neurological and dermatological manifestations of tuberous sclerosis complex: report from a romanian tertiary hospital cohort |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10607726/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37892688 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12206550 |
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