Role Of An Ophthamologist In A Case Of Tuberous Sclerosis

Research Article
Vallabha K and Dishitha Rathod
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2018.0903.1703
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Retinal hamartomas, retinal astrocytoma, tuberous sclerosis, subependymal cortical tubers
Abstract: 

Tuberous sclerosis is a multi-systemic disorder with characteristic involvement of the eye.Often, the ophthalmological manifestations are either underdiagnosed or diagnosed at a stage when the eye cannot be saved. Here is one such case where the retinal involvement is detected at an early in a teenage boy.