Tuberous Sclerosis
- 26 November 1959
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 261 (22) , 1102-1105
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195911262612203
Abstract
BOURNEVILLE,1 in 1880, was the first to recognize tuberous sclerosis as a pathological entity. He was chiefly concerned with the finding of multiple areas of sclerosis in the brains of young adults who, during their relatively short lives, had suffered from epilepsy and mental deficiency. Significantly, he pointed out the frequent coexistence of pr-mitivecell tumors of the kidneys as well as adenoma sebaceum of the face. However, he considered these findings coincidental. It was not until 1908 that Vogt2 clearly defined the clinical syndrome of mental deficiency, epilepsy and adenoma sebaceum. Shortly thereafter Sherlock chose to label this entity "epiloia" . . .Keywords
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