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Mania in a Five-Year-Old Child with Tuberous Sclerosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Rakesh Khanna*
Affiliation:
Central Institute of Psychiatry
Milind Borde
Affiliation:
Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, India-834006
*
Correspondence

Abstract

A five-year-old girl presented with mania and adenoma sebaceum. Later she developed grand mal seizures, and EEG revealed a prominent right temporal focus. It is important to consider tuberous sclerosis as aetiologically related to mood disorders.

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Brief Report
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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