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Thorax 63:186 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.076604
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Multifocal pneumocyte hyperplasia in tuberous sclerosis

  1. A M Nagar1,
  2. H Seong Teh1,
  3. R Nee Khoo1,
  4. A C Morani1,
  5. K Vrishni1,
  6. J Raghuram2
  1. 1
    Department of Radiology, Changi General Hospital, 2 Simei Street 3, Singapore 560623
  2. 2
    Department of Medicine, Changi General Hospital, 2 Simei Street 3, Singapore 560623
  1. Dr Hui Seong Teh, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Alexandra Hospital 378 Alexandra Road, Singapore 159964; cyber_xray{at}yahoo.com

    A 29-year-old woman, a known case of tuberous sclerosis, presented to our hospital with a 1-day history of multiple episodes of convulsions. This was associated with vague chest and abdominal pain. CT scans of the brain showed multiple calcific foci in the gray-white matter junctions and in the periventricular …