There are a few conditions that are commonly asked in MRCP Part 1 and 2. These conditions include Tuberous sclerosis (TS), Neurofibromatosis..... etc. I am going to talk about TS today.
TS was discovered in the 1880's by a French physician named Bourneville. Remember that it is an autosomal dominant disease!
There are a few important features of TS, these include,
Facial angiofibroma
periungual fibromas
Hypopigmented macules
Shagreen patch (connective tissue nevus)
Multiple retinal nodular hamartomas
Subependymal nodule ( can be picked up in CT scan as calcification)
Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma
Cardiac rhabdomyoma, single or multiple
Lymphangiomyomatosis
Renal angiomyolipoma
Questions commonly asked in MRCP are photo-based questions, remember these photos.....
1) Periventricular calcification
2) Clinical features of TS
See more photos at www.passpaces.com
Tips for MRCP
1) A patient with recurrent seizure and CT scan shows calcification. Remember TS!
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