Do any of you have experience with Tuberous Sclerosis?

[LauraGB]

My sister, who is 37 years old, has TS. Yesterday at Thanksgiving Dinner I noticed a fatty area below her neck (buffalo hump). While she is quite overweight, I've not noticed this before; it's odd, not like a normal pocket of fat. I'm googling to find if it's possibly a side effect of meds, but all I keep finding is Cushing's Disease.

 

If you have a relative with tuberous sclerosis, have you noticed anything like this? I'm trying to determine if it's possibly long-term anti-seizure med use or if she's got something else going on in addition to all the rest.

 

Thanks, (and I know this is a long shot sort of question, but you all are so vastly knowledgeable!)

[lisabelle]

Could it be from long-term corticosteroid use?

[LauraGB]

Could it be from long-term corticosteroid use?

 

I don't *think* what she takes would be considered a corticosteroid. I'll ask my mother about it though.

Thanks,

[LauraGB]

Could it be from long-term corticosteroid use?

 

I asked my mom, and all she's taken for years is Depakote. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

 

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Just bumping, since I posted over Thanksgiving...wondering if anyone else might have experience with this disease...

Thanks,

[Jean in Newcastle]

It could be a sign of osteoporosis. http://www.osteopenia3.com/dowagers-humps.html

[Whereneverever]

Not something with TS that I've heard of before, or from Depakote.