Neonatal tuberous sclerosis. US, CT, and MR diagnosis of brain and cardiac lesions

C Christophe; J Bartholome; D Blum; A Clerckx; B Desprechins; D De Wolf; A Gallez; P Viart; N Perlmutter

doi:10.1007/BF02387652

Neonatal tuberous sclerosis. US, CT, and MR diagnosis of brain and cardiac lesions

Pediatr Radiol. 1989;19(6-7):446-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02387652.

Authors

C Christophe¹, J Bartholome, D Blum, A Clerckx, B Desprechins, D De Wolf, A Gallez, P Viart, N Perlmutter

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatric Radiology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

PMID: 2671902
DOI: 10.1007/BF02387652

Abstract

Cortical, subcortical and subependymal tubers were more completely and more clearly depicted by MR than by CT and US in a 3-week-old infant. These lesions were best shown on T1-weighted images as areas of high signal intensity.

Publication types

Case Reports
Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Brain / pathology*
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Myocardium / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tuberous Sclerosis / congenital*
Tuberous Sclerosis / pathology
Ultrasonography