tuberous sclerosis
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A case of tuberous sclerosis showing facial angiofibromas in characteristic butterfly pattern
Etymology
Name composed of the Latin tuber (swelling) and the Greek skleros (hard), referring to the pathological finding of thick, firm, and pale gyri, called "tubers", in the brains of patients post mortem, first described by Désiré-Magloire Bourneville in 1880.
Noun
Synonyms
- Bourneville disease
- epiloia
- tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)
- (for the cortical manifestations) Bourneville disease, Bourneville's disease, Bourneville–Pringle disease
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