Case Report

Giant Retinal Astrocytoma: A Case Report of an Uncommon Presentation of Tuberous Sclerosis in a Young Female

Table 1

Major and minor clinical, and genetic diagnostic criteria for definitive diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis.

Genetic diagnostic criteriaMajor clinical diagnostic criteriaMinor clinical diagnostic criteria

(1) TSC 1 at 9q34.13 encoding hamartin protein
(2) TSC 2 at 16p13.3 encoding tuberin protein
(1) Three or more hypomelanotic “ash-leaf” macules (more than 5 mm in diameter)
(2) Three or more angiofibromas or fibrous cephalic plaques
(3) Two or more ungual fibromas
(4) Shagreen patch
(5) Multiple retinal hamartomas
(6) Cortical dysplasias
(7) Subependymal nodules
(8) Subependymal giant cell astrocytomas
(9) Cardiac rhabdomyoma
(10) Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
(11) Two or more angiomyolipomas
(1) Confetti skin lesions
(2) More than three dental enamel pits
(3) Two or more intraoral fibromas
(4) Retinal achromic patch
(5) Multiple renal cysts
(6) Nonrenal hamartomas