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Brain Diseases, Calcinosis, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Male, Sturge-Weber Syndrome, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Tuberous Sclerosis, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Clinical Neurology, Neuroimaging, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging, Neurosciences & Neurology, PHAKOMATOSES, SCLEROSIS, TUBEROUS, BRAIN, CALCIFICATION, BRAIN, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 1109 Neurosciences, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging, 3202 Clinical sciences, 3209 Neurosciences, 3406 Physical chemistry

Abstract:

Two cases of tuberous sclerosis are presented. Extensive superficial occipital calcifications were found as classically described in Sturge-Weber syndrome. Other radiologic signs of tuberous sclerosis, such as subependymal calcifications in both patients and surgically proved giant cell astrocytoma in one patient, were present. At pathologic examination, the calcifications appeared to be located in extensive cortical tubers.