Tuberous sclerosis complex: Role of radiology as an invaluable tool in management and follow-up

Tuberous sclerosis complex is a genetic disorder, which affects many organs in the body manifesting spectrum of symptomatology. Theseverity of the disease can be gauged from the extent of involvement of a particular system. Since the disease runs a long course fromits presentation at childhood till adulthood and hence the monitoring is very important to have some qualitative life. Other than thecommon symptomatology and a few laboratory tests, radiological investigations viz. ultrasound, color Doppler sonography, computedtomography and magnetic resonance imaging play a major role in follow-up for the management map road and associated complications.We present a case where a female child had a follow-up from the age of 8 years till 20 years of age. The follow-up and the managementwere designed mainly as per the radiological findings. The radiological findings have indicated the time for the patient to undergosurgical intervention in addition to the ongoing medical management