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January 1944

TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS: REPORT OF A CASE

Author Affiliations

With the Assistance of Francis A. Echlin, M.D. NEW YORK
From the Surgical Service of Lenox Hill Hospital.

Arch Ophthalmol. 1944;31(1):68-73. doi:10.1001/archopht.1944.00890010086009
Abstract

REPORT OF CASE 

History.  —G. R. a boy then 6 years old, was first brought to me in 1929 for removal of a facial rash and correction of the right upper eyelid. I noted that he had an angioma of the right upper lid, measuring about 6 by 10 mm., and that his face—both cheeks and the nose—was covered with a reddish brownish rash. Each small nodule apparently had a fine vascular loop. Careful ophthalmic examination, with instillation of drops, revealed that he was slightly far sighted ; otherwise, his eyes were normal. The fundi were normal, and vision was 20/20 with a +0.75 D. sphere.He was referred to a dermatologist, but the diagnosis of adenoma sebaceum was not made. The dermatologist suggested electrolysis for removal of what was apparently a congenital lesion, but permission for this was refused.I saw the patient again in 1936, when an examination of

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