Tuberous sclerosis presenting as chronic renal failure

A patient with tuberous sclerosis presented with cutaneous lesions and chronic renal failure from multiple renal angiomyolipomas and diffuse rena cystic disease, but without apparent significant neurologic involvement. The clinical and pathologic features of tuberous sclerosis, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic procedures useful in this disorder, are reviewed with particular emphasis on the renal features of the disease.