[Usefulness of cerebral computed axial tomography in the early diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis].
Authors describe twelve children with diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis (TS) within the first year. All children had seizures, being infantile spasms in 7 cases (58%). All but one showed severe mental retardation. Hypopigmented patches in 2 (16.6%) and retinal phakoma in one case (8.3%). Skull Rx were normal in all cases, while the CT showed early intracranial calcifications in the 100% of the patients and areas of hypodensity in the 50%. The CT is the most useful test for the early diagnosis of TS when the clinical diagnosis has not been firmly established.
Jordán
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J
Rodríguez
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C
Ortiz
P
P
Pérez Higueras
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A
Pascual-Castroviejo
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D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
Utilidad de la tomografía axial computada cerebral en el diagnóstico precoz de la esclerosis tuberosa.