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Polycystic kidney disease in tuberous sclerosis complex: case report
N Kariuki1, M N Karanja, S O McLigeyo
1Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi.
East African Medical Journal
|March 5, 1999
Abstract:
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an inherited neurocutaneous disorder characterised by seizures, mental retardation, cutaneous lesions and visceral harmatoma. We describe a 4 1/2-year old boy in whom in addition to the commonly described features of TSC, adult-type polycystic kidneys, a scantily reported occurrence, was an associated feature.