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'''Tuberous sclerosis''' is genetic thingy associated with increased risk of [[hamartoma]]s. | '''Tuberous sclerosis''', also '''tuberous sclerosis complex''' - abbreviated '''TSC''', is genetic thingy associated with increased risk of [[hamartoma]]s. | ||
Historically described as:<ref name=emed_ts>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1177711-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1177711-overview]. Accessed on: 13 February 2011.</ref> | Historically described as:<ref name=emed_ts>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1177711-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1177711-overview]. Accessed on: 13 February 2011.</ref> | ||
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*Cardiac rhabdomyoma. | *Cardiac rhabdomyoma. | ||
*[[Lymphangiomyomatosis]]. | *[[Lymphangiomyomatosis]]. | ||
*[[Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma]] (SEGA).<ref name=pmid21455842>{{Cite journal | last1 = Grajkowska | first1 = W. | last2 = Kotulska | first2 = K. | last3 = Jurkiewicz | first3 = E. | last4 = Roszkowski | first4 = M. | last5 = Daszkiewicz | first5 = P. | last6 = Jóźwiak | first6 = S. | last7 = Matyja | first7 = E. | title = Subependymal giant cell astrocytomas with atypical histological features mimicking malignant gliomas. | journal = Folia Neuropathol | volume = 49 | issue = 1 | pages = 39-46 | month = | year = 2011 | doi = | PMID = 21455842 }}</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 04:50, 29 July 2011
Tuberous sclerosis, also tuberous sclerosis complex - abbreviated TSC, is genetic thingy associated with increased risk of hamartomas.
Historically described as:[1]
- Epilepsy.
- Mental retardation.
- Adenoma sebaceum.
Associations
Pathologic:
- Renal angiomyolipoma.
- Cardiac rhabdomyoma.
- Lymphangiomyomatosis.
- Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA).[2]
Note:
- The same genes (TSC1, TSC2) are implicated in PEComas.
Incidence
~1 in 10,000 population.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1177711-overview. Accessed on: 13 February 2011.
- ↑ Grajkowska, W.; Kotulska, K.; Jurkiewicz, E.; Roszkowski, M.; Daszkiewicz, P.; Jóźwiak, S.; Matyja, E. (2011). "Subependymal giant cell astrocytomas with atypical histological features mimicking malignant gliomas.". Folia Neuropathol 49 (1): 39-46. PMID 21455842.