1. Pulmonary involvement in tuberous sclerosis
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M. Pons, M. Medina, and M.P. Vicente
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,Lung ,business.industry ,Respiratory disease ,food and beverages ,Hyperplasia ,medicine.disease ,Dermatology ,respiratory tract diseases ,Tuberous sclerosis ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Pneumothorax ,El Niño ,Male patient ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,medicine ,Respiratory system ,business - Abstract
Tuberous sclerosis is a neurocutaneous syndrome involving many tissues. Pulmonary involvement is rare. Pulmonary cases are usually women of child-bearing age who present with spontaneous pneumothorax or progressive dyspnea. In childhood and, even more, in male patients, pulmonary involvement by tuberous sclerosis is exceptional. We report on a 4-year-old male patient diagnosed in the first months of life with tuberous sclerosis with predominantly respiratory symptoms (frequently with acute RDS criteria), in whom lung involvement was pathologically confirmed.
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- 2004