Cutaneous Lesions as the Sole Presentation of Tuberous Sclerosis

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare genetic, neurocutaneous condition characterized by hamartomas in different organs, including the brain, skin, heart, kidney, and lungs. Fibromas are the typical presentation, but rare symptoms may present as well. We present the case of a 26-year-old woman...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Mohanad, Hassan, Khalid, Mustafa, Mohamed Elfatih
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7465932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32905242
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9528
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author Ahmed, Mohanad
Hassan, Khalid
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description Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare genetic, neurocutaneous condition characterized by hamartomas in different organs, including the brain, skin, heart, kidney, and lungs. Fibromas are the typical presentation, but rare symptoms may present as well. We present the case of a 26-year-old woman who presented to our clinic with long-standing cutaneous manifestations of TSC and lacked the typical neurological and intellectual signs of the condition.
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spelling pubmed-74659322020-09-03 Cutaneous Lesions as the Sole Presentation of Tuberous Sclerosis Ahmed, Mohanad Hassan, Khalid Mustafa, Mohamed Elfatih Cureus Dermatology Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare genetic, neurocutaneous condition characterized by hamartomas in different organs, including the brain, skin, heart, kidney, and lungs. Fibromas are the typical presentation, but rare symptoms may present as well. We present the case of a 26-year-old woman who presented to our clinic with long-standing cutaneous manifestations of TSC and lacked the typical neurological and intellectual signs of the condition. Cureus 2020-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7465932/ /pubmed/32905242 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9528 Text en Copyright © 2020, Ahmed et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ahmed, Mohanad
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Cutaneous Lesions as the Sole Presentation of Tuberous Sclerosis
title Cutaneous Lesions as the Sole Presentation of Tuberous Sclerosis
title_full Cutaneous Lesions as the Sole Presentation of Tuberous Sclerosis
title_fullStr Cutaneous Lesions as the Sole Presentation of Tuberous Sclerosis
title_full_unstemmed Cutaneous Lesions as the Sole Presentation of Tuberous Sclerosis
title_short Cutaneous Lesions as the Sole Presentation of Tuberous Sclerosis
title_sort cutaneous lesions as the sole presentation of tuberous sclerosis
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7465932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32905242
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9528
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