Tuberous sclerosis associated with multiple hepatic lipomatous tumours

Abstract

Tuberous sclerosis is a genetic multisystem disorder characterised by widespread hamartomas in several organs, including brain, heart, skin, eyes, kidney, lung and liver. Hepatic multiple angiomyolipomas (AML鈥檚) are a rare and usually asymptomatic complication in patients with tuberous sclerosis. We present such a case. We report a 15 year old girl with tuberous sclerosis who was noted to have multiple AML鈥檚 of the liver and kidneys found on routine ultrasound screening. She was asymptomatic at this stage and in view of the small size of the AML鈥檚 a repeat ultrasound of the liver and kidneys was performed twelve months later