H. El-Abdin, BDS, FDSRCPS*, A. Ruprecht, DDS, MScD, FRCD(C)**,
C. Halstead, DDS, MSD***
*King Saud University College of Dentistry, P.O. Box 60169, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia
**Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, The University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City, Jowa, USA
***University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Department of Dentistry, Virginia, USA

Tuberous sclerosis is one of the neurocutaneous syndromes manifested by adenoma sebaceum, epilepsy, and mental retardation and is referred to as the Pringle-Boumeville syndrome. Characteristically, the cutaneous lesion has a butterfly pattern in the nasolabial folds, chin, and forehead. Oral lesions are rare, and mainly consists of fibrous masses. They were reportedly observed after the use of drugs for the treatment of epilepsy and are considered to be iatrogenic. In this study, a 27-year-old male Saudi patient, referred for treatment of an intraoral fibrous lesion, was reported with a case of tuberous sclerosis. This is the first case that has been reported from Saudi Arabia ancf no incidence figures are available.

Saudi Dental Journal 1990;2(1):24-27.