Case Report of Tuberous Sclerosis

Tuberous sclerosis is an autosomal dominant neurocutaneous syndrome characterized by various abnormalities, including benign hamartomatous tumors in multiple organs. Also known as Bourneville disease, named after D?sir? - Magloire Bourneville, the French physician who discovered the potatolike appearance of cortical lesions in the brains of patients with this condition [1], tuberous sclerosis is the second most common phakomatosis behind neurofibromatosis type 1. It has a prevalence estimated to be 1 in 6000 with approximately 1.5 million people affected worldwide [2]. The diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis carries a variable prognosis depending on the severity of symptoms. However, mortality can be as high as 40% by age 35 [3].