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The authors present four cases of tuberous sclerosis examined with MRI. The patho-anatomic aspects are reviewed and analysed with respect to MRI data. MRI appears superior to the CT particularly for imaging of cortical tubers, cystic lesions, and heterotopic clusters; these last two features were never described with MRI before. Here is also presented the second progressive case of giant intracranial aneurysm associated with tuberous sclerosis.
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Martin, N., de Broucker, T., Cambier, J. et al. MRI evaluation of tuberous sclerosis. Neuroradiology 29, 437–443 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341739
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