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Bausch, Kathrin, Wetterauer, Christian, Diethelm, Julian, Ebbing, Jan, Boll, Daniel T., Dill, Patricia, Rentsch, Cyrill A., Seifert, Hans-H. |
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BMC Nephrology; 1/31/2021, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p1-6, 6p |
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Background: Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is a genetic disorder, with renal manifestations like angiomyolipoma (AML) occurring in 70-80% of patients. AML usually cause more complications in TCS patients than in non-TSC patients. However, AML patients are not routinely investigated for TSC. Our aim was to retrospectively assess the correlation between radiologically diagnosed AML and TSC.Methods: All patients were stratified into AML related vs. unrelated to TSC. Correlations were calculated to determine the association between age, AML, and TSC.Results: Complete data were available for 521 patients with renal AML, in 7 of which the concurrent diagnosis of TSC was found. Younger age significantly positively correlated with the prevalence of TSC in AML patients (p < 0.01). 37 (7%) of the 521 patients were within the age-range of 18-40 years, in which TSC occurred in 6 cases, 4 (66.7%) of which presented with multiple, bilateral renal AML (p < 0.05), and 2 (33.3%) of which with a single, unilateral AML (p < 0.05). In patients with AML but without TSC, unilateral AML was found in 83.9% and bilateral AML in 16.1% (p < 0.05). Simple binary logistic regression analysis revealed bilateral AML (OR 33.0; 95% CI 3.2-344.0; p = 0.003) (but not unilateral AML (OR 0.09; 95% CI 0.01-0.88; p = 0.04)) to be a risk factor for TSC.Conclusions: The presence of bilateral AML in patients within the age-range of 18-40 years should raise suspicion for TSC as the underlying cause. Therefore, our advice is to refer patients with multiple bilateral renal AML for further investigations regarding TSC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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