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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1973;16(1):61-65. Published online January 31, 1973.

A Case of Tuberous Sclerosis

Doo Hyun Lee¹, Won Kuoo Whang¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Busan National University

Abstract

A case of Tuberous sclerosis, 13-year-old Korean girl, was observed. She had a symptom triad composed of adenoma sebaceum, epileptic seizures and mental retardation with additional shagreen patches. Histopathological findings of adenoma sebaceum was compatblie with angiofibromatous pattern and in shagreen patches thickening of the dermis due to proliferation of collagen bundles was observed.

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