TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS: NEONATAL ULTRASOUND PATTERNS

Purpose: We propose some brain and kidney ultrasound patterns in newborns affected by tuberous sclerosis. Methods and Materials: We studied four newborns: everyone had cardiac rhabdomyoma seen at antenatal ultrasonographic examination in the third trimester of pregnancy and confirmed after birth. Routinely brain and renal ultrasound were performed in the first days of life. Results: Brain images in preterm homozygotes twins (at 4 days of life) were characterized by periventricular hyperechogenicity associated with cysts at the floor of lateral ventricles. A third term newborn (at 5 days of life) had lateral vent…