The renal lesions of tuberosclerosis (cysts and angiomyolipoma) — screening with sonography and computerized tomography |
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Authors: | L D Narla T L Slovis F B Watts M Nigro |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Radiology, Kosairs Children's Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky;(2) Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, USA;(3) Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien Boulevard, 48201 Detroit, Michigan, USA |
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Abstract: | The two most common sonographic abnormalities in the kidneys of 23 tuberous sclerosis (TS) patients ranging in age from newborn
to 30 years are angiomyolipomas (12/23) (AML) and renal cysts (10/23). These usually both occur in the same patient with only
9 cases (39%) having sonographically normal kidneys. Of the 14 affected patients, 2 had cysts without AML and 4 others had
AML without cysts. The sonographic appearance of an AML varied from a large 6 cm solid mass with little increased echogenicity
(1/12) to subtle small (4 mm) extremely echogenic regions in the periphery of the kidney (11/12). The sonographic appearance
of the cysts were anechoic lesions varying in size from 2 mm to 2 cm with thin uniform posterior walls and posterior enhancement.
Renal lesions are found more frequently with increasing age. Sonography is the preferred screening procedure for the renal
lesions of T.S. |
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