Tuberous Sclerosis as a cause of difficult-to-control Epilepsy - Case report

Abstract
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex or Bourneville’s disease is an autosomal dominant disease with high penetrance and variability characterized by multisystem involvement by benign lesions, originally defined by the classic triad of Vogt: sebaceous adenoma, epilepsy and mental retardation. The involvement of the brain is responsible for a significant proportion of the morbidity and mortality of this disease and skin lesions are the most common manifestations. The authors report 31-year-old patient case referred to the service by intractable epilepsy with definitive clinical criteria for tuberous sclerosis.