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Cardiac fat-containing lesions are common in tuberous sclerosis complex.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jul 2013
Shaaya Elias A, Hirshberg Jacqueline S, Rabe Olivia T, Thibert Ronald L, Inglessis Ignacio, Sharma Amita, Thiele Elizabeth A
Abstract excerpt
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a highly variable, multisystem, genetic disorder that affects approximately 1:6,000 individuals. It has previously been thought that the cardiac manifestation of TSC is congenital rhabdomyomas, which occur during infancy and typically regress during childhood. Recently, there have been findings of cardiac fat-containing lesions in adult TSC patients that appear distinct from...
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