Tuberous sclerosis (TS)

Case contributed by Bahman Rasuli
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Epilepsy.

Patient Data

Age: 20 years
Gender: Female
mri
  • few bilateral variable-sized subependymal nodules, elicit iso signal at T1 and low signal at T2 and FLAIR sequences
  • bilateral cerebral cortical and subcortical patches of abnormal signal, eliciting low signal at T1 WI and being of high signal at T2 & FLAIR sequences

Case Discussion

Known case of tuberous sclerosis with two major features of the disease on MRI (according to the TS diagnostic criteria) including cortical/subcortical tubers and subependymal nodules.

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