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SUBMITTER: Jardine PE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1511435 | biostudies-other | 1996 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Jardine P E PE Clarke M A MA Super M M
Archives of disease in childhood 19960301 3
A mother and daughter with an initial diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis are described. The daughter presented with partial seizures at the age of 8 months. Computed tomography showed uncalcified periventricular nodules which on magnetic resonance imaging were ovoid, almost contiguous, of grey matter density, and did not enhance with gadolinium. Brain imaging of her asymptomatic mother was similar. Absence of severe mental retardation, extracranial hamartomas, and depigmented patches distinguishes ...[more]