CASE REPORT
Tuberous Sclerosis And Acute Hydrocephalus
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Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Van, Turkey
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Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Van, Turkey
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Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Van, Turkey
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Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Van, Turkey
Online publication date: 2004-04-15
Publication date: 2004-04-15
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Nebi Yılmaz
Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Araştırma Hastanesi Nöroşirürji Kliniği
65200, Van, Turkey
Phone: +904322164710 /2041
Fax: +904322167519
Eur J Gen Med 2004;1(2):52-54
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ABSTRACT
Tuberous sclerosis complex is a neurocutaneous and autosomal dominant disease
characterized by multiple hamartomas in multiple viscera. It results from spontaneous
mutation. The genetic anomaly is usually linked to the 9th chromosome. It may be accompanied
by early childhood seizures, multiple brain tumors, skin lesions, angiomyolipomas in
the kidneys and liver and rhabdomyomas. A careful physical examination, computerized
tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brain are essential in
its diagnosis. In this study, we presented a 16 year old girl who was brought to our emergency
service room due to acute loss of conscious and then underwent to ventriculo-peritoneal
(V-P) shunt procedure after she had been diagnosed as acute hydrocephalus. The patient had been
operated for intracranial mass when she was 2 years old and postoperative pathological diagnosis
was established to be subepandimal giant cell astrocytoma (SGCA).