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==Overview==
==Overview==


MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis as it can find the same abnormalities found on CT scan which are described above, some of them with much more detail, but it is especially useful for evaluating white matter changes seen in the disease.<ref name=":0">Radiopaedia - tuberous sclerosis - available at: <nowiki>https://radiopaedia.org/articles/tuberous-sclerosis</nowiki> accessed at 06/15/2020</ref>
[[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] may be helpful in the diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis as it can find the same abnormalities found on [[CT scan]] which are described above, some of them with much more detail, but it is especially useful for evaluating white matter changes seen in the disease.<ref name=":0">Radiopaedia - tuberous sclerosis - available at: <nowiki>https://radiopaedia.org/articles/tuberous-sclerosis</nowiki> accessed at 06/15/2020</ref>


==MRI==
==MRI==
[[Image:tuberoussclerosisbrainFLAIR.png|[[MRI]] of the brain in a patient with TSC.|left|thumb]]
MRIs may be helpful in the diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis. It can diagnose basically the same changes as the CT:


*Cortical or subependymal tubers;
[[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRIs]] may be helpful in the diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis. It can diagnose basically the same changes as the [[CT-scans|CT]]:
*White matter abnormalities;
 
*Subependymal hamartomas;
*Cortical or [[subependymal]] [[tubers]];
*Subependymal giant cell astrocytomas;
*[[White matter]] abnormalities;
*Renal angiomyolipomas;
*[[Subependymal]] [[hamartomas]];
*Renal cysts;
*[[Subependymal]] giant cell [[astrocytomas]];
*Renal cell carcinoma (associated with tuberous sclerosis);
*Renal [[Angiomyolipoma|angiomyolipomas]];
*Retroperitoneal lymphangiomyomatosis;
*Renal [[cysts]];
*Gastrointestinal polyps;
*Renal cell [[carcinoma]] (associated with tuberous sclerosis);
*Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors;
*[[Retroperitoneal]] [[lymphangiomyomatosis]];
*Lymphangioleiomyomatosis;
*Gastrointestinal [[polyps]];
*Pancreatic [[neuroendocrine tumors]];
*[[Lymphangioleiomyomatosis]];
*Multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia;
*Multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia;
*Cardiac rhabdomyomas.<ref name=":0" />
*Cardiac [[rhabdomyomas]].<ref name=":0" />


==References==
==References==


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{{Reflist|2}}
==MRI Examples of Tuberous Sclerosis==
[[Image:tuberoussclerosisbrainFLAIR.png|[[MRI]] of the brain in a patient with TSC.|left|thumb]]
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: José Eduardo Riceto Loyola Junior, M.D.[2]

Overview

MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis as it can find the same abnormalities found on CT scan which are described above, some of them with much more detail, but it is especially useful for evaluating white matter changes seen in the disease.[1]

MRI

MRIs may be helpful in the diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis. It can diagnose basically the same changes as the CT:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Radiopaedia - tuberous sclerosis - available at: https://radiopaedia.org/articles/tuberous-sclerosis accessed at 06/15/2020

MRI Examples of Tuberous Sclerosis

MRI of the brain in a patient with TSC.