1. Phakomatoses are neurocutaneous syndromes characterized by dysplasia and/or neoplasms of tissues of ectodermal and mesodermal origin. The common phakomatoses are neurofibromatosis type 1, neurofibromatosis type 2, tuberous sclerosis, Sturge-Weber syndrome, and Von Hippel-Lindau disease.
2. Tuberous sclerosis is characterized by seizures, mental retardation, adenoma sebaceum, cortical tubers, subependymal nodules, and angiofibromas. It has both autosomal dominant and spontaneous mutations in chromosomes 9 and 11.
3. Neurofibrom