sclerosis
[sklĕ-ro´sis] an
induration or
hardening, especially of a part from inflammation, or in disease of the interstitial substance. The term is used chiefly for such a hardening of the nervous system due to hyperplasia of the connective tissue or for hardening of the blood vessels. Called also
induration. adj.,
adj sclerot´ic.
lateral sclerosis a form seated in the lateral columns of the spinal cord. It may be primary, with spastic paraplegia, rigidity of the limbs, and increase of the tendon reflexes but no sensory disturbances, or secondary to myelitis, with paraplegia and sensory disturbance.
tuberous sclerosis a congenital heredofamilial disease, transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait, characterized principally by the presence of hamartomas of the brain (tubers), retina (phakomas), and viscera, mental retardation, seizures, and adenoma sebaceum, and often associated with other skin lesions.
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tu·ber·ous scle·ro·sis
[MIM*191100] phacomatosis characterized by the formation of multisystemic hamartomas producing seizures, mental retardation, and angiofibromas of the face; the cerebral and retinal lesions are glial nodules; other skin lesions are hypopigmented macules, shagreen patches, and periungual fibromas; autosomal dominant inheritance with variable expression, caused by mutation in either the tuberous sclerosis gene (TSC1) on chromosome 9q or TSC2 on 16p.
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tuberous sclerosis type 1
An autosomal dominant multi-system disorder (OMIM:191100) characterised by hamartomas and developmental defects, which primarily affects the brain, kidneys, heart and skin.
Clinical findings
Range from benign hypopigmented skin macules, to profound mental retardation with intractable seizures and premature death due to disease-associated causes.
Molecular pathology
Defects of TSC1, which encodes a putative tumour suppressor, cause tuberous sclerosis type 1.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
tuberous sclerosis
Internal medicine An AD neurocutaneous syndrome characterized by skin lesions, variable mental retardation and seizures; TS is named after the typical brain lesion–a tuber. See Neurocutaneous disorder. Tuberous sclerosis –gomez criteria
Primary† Secondary‡
Facial angiofibroma 1º relative with TS
Fibrous plaque on forehead Hypomelanic macules
Ungual fibroma Shagreen patch
Cortical tuber Infantile spasms
Multiple retinal hamartomas Single retinal hamartoma
Subependymal hamartoma Cardiac rhabdomyoma
Bilateral renal angiomyolipomas or cysts
†One required for diagnosis‡Two required for diagnosis
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tuberous sclerosis
See BOURNEVILLE'S DISEASE.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
Tuberous sclerosis
A genetic disease that causes skin problems, seizures, and mental retardation. It may be confused with autism.
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Bourneville,
Désiré-Magloire, French physician, 1840-1909. Bourneville disease - phacomatosis characterized by the formation of multisystem hamartomas. Synonym(s):
Bourneville syndrome;
tuberous sclerosis Bourneville-Pringle disease - facial lesions with tuberous sclerosis.
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tu·ber·ous scle·ro·sis
(tūbĕr-ŭs skler-ōsis) [MIM*191100] Phacomatosis characterized by the formation of multisystemic hamartomas producing seizures, mental retardation, and angiofibromas of the face.
Synonym(s):
Bourneville disease,
epiloia.
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