TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS WITH UNUSUAL LESIONS OF THE BONES
- 1 February 1935
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry
- Vol. 33 (2) , 379-388
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneurpsyc.1935.02250140135011
Abstract
Cases of tuberous sclerosis (epiloia), a rare form of cerebral sclerosis, have appeared so infrequently in the literature that new cases warrant reporting. Probably the earliest description of a case, by von Recklinghausen in 1863,1was that of a newly born child who showed sclerotic areas in the brain and myomas in the heart muscle. Bourneville2recognized the condition as a pathologic entity, and from the potato-like shape of the sclerotic patches in the brain originated the name tuberous sclerosis. In spite of many pathologic descriptions this condition was not recognized clinically until 1908, when Vogt3described the syndrome as characterized by the triad of adenoma sebaceum, convulsive seizures and mental deficiency. Since then there have been several series of case reports by Sherlock4(nine cases), Lind5(eight cases), Brushfield and Wyatt6(sixteen cases), Yakovlev and Guthrie7(four cases) and Critchley and EarlKeywords
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