'''Drug therapy''' for some of the manifestations of TSC is currently in the developmental stage.<ref>{{cite journal | pmid = 16868562 | doi=10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201625 | volume=14 | issue=10 | title=Tuberous sclerosis | year=2006 | month=October | author=Yates JR | journal=Eur. J. Hum. Genet. | pages=1065–73}}</ref> For example, a 2008 study found that treatment with [[rapamycin]] rescued learning and memory deficits in a mouse model of tuberous sclerosis.<ref>{{cite journal |journal= Nat Med |year=2008 |title= Reversal of learning deficits in a Tsc2+/− mouse model of tuberous sclerosis |author= Ehninger D, Han S, Shilyansky C ''et al.'' |doi=10.1038/nm1788 |pmid=18568033 |laysummary=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080622224428.htm |laysource= Science News |laydate=23 June 2008 |volume= 14 |pages= 843–8 |issue= 8 |pmc= 2664098}}</ref> [[Community TSC]] is a distributed computing project to find drugs to treat TSC.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008|laysummary=http://www.childhooddiseases.org/community_tsc.html}}
The patients usually have relapse of symptoms in the clinical course. Unless any vital function is affected, life expectancy is good. Majority of patients will require some medications to control symptoms, e.g., anti-epileptics to control seizures.
In 2010 [[everolimus]] was approved for the treatment of [[subependymal giant cell astrocytoma]].
Other drugs used include:
* [[Vigabatrin]]<ref name="pmid19557123">{{cite journal |author=Tsao CY |title=Current trends in the treatment of infantile spasms |journal=Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat |volume=5 |issue= |pages=289–99 |year=2009 |pmid=19557123 |pmc=2695218 |doi= |url=http://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=3150}}</ref>
* [[ACTH]]<ref name="Shorvon2010">{{cite book|author=Simon D. Shorvon|title=Handbook of Epilepsy Treatment|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ce1YGxllLsgC&pg=PA93|accessdate=11 October 2010|year=2010|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|isbn=978-1-4051-9818-9|pages=93–}}</ref>
'''Facial angiofibromas''' is a socially embarrassing rash that starts to appear during childhood and can be removed using [[dermabrasion]] or laser treatment.
===Surgical therapy===
===Surgical therapy===
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Tuberous sclerosis
Earliest illustration, from Rayer's atlas of skin diseases, 1835.
