Difference between revisions of "Tuberous sclerosis"

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==Associations==
==Associations==
Pathologic:
Pathologic:
*Renal angiomyolipoma.
*Renal [[angiomyolipoma]].
*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>
*[[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>

Revision as of 03:31, 18 October 2011

Tuberous sclerosis, also tuberous sclerosis complex - abbreviated TSC, is genetic thingy associated with increased risk of hamartomas.

Historically described as:[1]

  1. Epilepsy.
  2. Mental retardation.
  3. Adenoma sebaceum (angiofibromas).

Associations

Pathologic:

Note:

  • The same genes (TSC1, TSC2) are implicated in PEComas.

Genes

Incidence

~1 in 10,000 population.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1177711-overview. Accessed on: 13 February 2011.
  2. 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.
  3. Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 605284
  4. Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 191092