The incidence of hepatic hamartomas in tuberous sclerosis. Evaluation by ultrasonography.
Our series of tuberous sclerosis patients consisted of 23 children between 6 and 16 years of age and of 13 patients between 16 and 48 years of age. In the former group the incidence of multiple hepatic haemangiomas, estimated by grey-scale ultrasonography, is 13%, whereas this incidence is 23% in the group of older patients. The sign might be important for genetic counselling in formes frustes.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D014463:Ultrasonography