Angiofibromas with multiple epidermoid cysts in tuberous sclerosis: new mutation or post-traumatic?

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Tuberous sclerosis is a genetic multisystem disorder characterized by widespread hamartomas in several organs. Clinically, more than 90% of affected patients have skin lesions including facial angiofibromas, periungual fibromas, hypomelanotic macule, etc. Periungual fibroma is one of the major diagnostic criteria of tuberous sclerosis and has the same pathology (angiofibroma) as the facial papules. We herein...

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