A dermatological assessment of pediatric patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC).
Beatriz Azevedo NunesAna Karolina Ferreira Gonçalves RomanoMariana Aparecida Pasa MorganAlice Andrade GonçalvesLaís Faria Masulk CardozoLuiz Gustavo Dufner de AlmeidaLuciana Amaral HaddadAna Chrystina de Souza CrippaSergio Antonio AntoniukKerstin Taniguchi AbaggePublished in: Anais brasileiros de dermatologia (2024)
Clinicians should be knowledgeable about TSC updated diagnostic criteria. Patients need to be followed up by a multidisciplinary team and treated accordingly. Early detection of cutaneous lesions is important for TSC diagnosis. A significant association between TSC2 gene pathogenic alterations and ungual fibromas is described.