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CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis. It can diagnose: | |||
* Cortical or subependymal tubers; | |||
* White matter abnormalities; | |||
* Subependymal hamartomas; | |||
* Subependymal giant cell astrocytomas; | |||
* Renal angiomyolipomas; | |||
* Renal cysts; | |||
* Renal cell carcinoma (associated with tuberous sclerosis); | |||
* Retroperitoneal lymphangiomyomatosis; | |||
* Gastrointestinal polyps; | |||
* Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; | |||
* Lymphangioleiomyomatosis; | |||
* Multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia; | |||
* Cardiac rhabdomyomas.<ref>Radiopaedia - tuberous sclerosis - available at: <nowiki>https://radiopaedia.org/articles/tuberous-sclerosis</nowiki> accessed at 06/15/2020</ref> | |||
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| [[Image:TS-LAM.png|thumb|This CT image shows randomly arranged cysts in both lungs. The patient had TSC and a renal AML.]] | |[[Image:TS-LAM.png|thumb|This CT image shows randomly arranged cysts in both lungs. The patient had TSC and a renal AML.]] | ||
| [[Image:bilateralrenalAML.jpg|thumb|140px|This is an image from a contrast-enhanced [[computed tomography]] (CT) scan of the abdomen in another patient with TSC.]] | |[[Image:bilateralrenalAML.jpg|thumb|140px|This is an image from a contrast-enhanced [[computed tomography]] (CT) scan of the abdomen in another patient with TSC.]] | ||
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CT
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis. It can diagnose:
- Cortical or subependymal tubers;
- White matter abnormalities;
- Subependymal hamartomas;
- Subependymal giant cell astrocytomas;
- Renal angiomyolipomas;
- Renal cysts;
- Renal cell carcinoma (associated with tuberous sclerosis);
- Retroperitoneal lymphangiomyomatosis;
- Gastrointestinal polyps;
- Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors;
- Lymphangioleiomyomatosis;
- Multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia;
- Cardiac rhabdomyomas.[1]
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References
- ↑ Radiopaedia - tuberous sclerosis - available at: https://radiopaedia.org/articles/tuberous-sclerosis accessed at 06/15/2020