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CT
![This CT image shows randomly arranged cysts in both lungs. The patient had TSC and a renal AML.](/images/0/0a/TS-LAM.png)
![This is an image from a contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen in another patient with TSC.](/images/d/d6/BilateralrenalAML.jpg)
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]
References
- ↑ Radiopaedia - tuberous sclerosis - available at: https://radiopaedia.org/articles/tuberous-sclerosis accessed at 06/15/2020