Tuberous Sclerosis And Acute Hydrocephalus
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Nebi Yılmaz 1 * , Nejmi Kıymaz 1, Cahide Yılmaz 2, Ömer Çalka 3, Ömer Etlik 4, Taner Yazıcı 1
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1 Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Van, Turkey2 Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Van, Turkey3 Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Van, Turkey4 Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Van, Turkey* Corresponding Author

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).

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, Volume 1, Issue 2, April 2004, 52-54

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82188

Publication date: 15 Apr 2004

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