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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JPSIM</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine</journal-title>
        <abbrev-title>J Pak Soc Intern Med</abbrev-title>
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      <issn publication-format="print">2709-8729</issn>
      <issn publication-format="electronic">2710-0804</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.70302/jpsim.v4i1.2313</article-id>
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          <subject>Case Report</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>A Case of Tuberous Sclerosis: Hidden in Plain Sight</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Farooq</surname>
            <given-names>Umar</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>umarf000122@gmail.com</email>
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          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">*</xref>
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        <institution>Department of Radiology, Rashid Latif Medical College, Lahore</institution>
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        <corresp id="cor1">*Correspondence: Umar Farooq (umarf000122@gmail.com)</corresp>
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      <pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2023-02-13">
        <day>13</day>
        <month>02</month>
        <year>2023</year>
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      <pub-date date-type="collection" publication-format="electronic">
        <year>2023</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>4</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>60</fpage>
      <lpage>62</lpage>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-11-20">
          <day>20</day>
          <month>11</month>
          <year>2022</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2022-12-01">
          <day>01</day>
          <month>12</month>
          <year>2022</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2023 The Author(s)</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2023</copyright-year>
        <copyright-holder>The Author(s)</copyright-holder>
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          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p>
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        <p>This case report follows a 35-year-old female who presents with vague nonspecific symptoms which she had been bearing on analgesics for the many years prior, and it was only on extensive radiological imaging that a proper, yet rare diagnosis was reached. This patient would eventually be diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis (TSC), a rare genetic disorder characterized by the growth of benign tumors in different organ systems, with manifestations in most organ systems . It affects approximately 1 in 6,000–10,000 individuals, although the variable penetrance and subtle presentations of the disease mean that this number is likely under-representative of the true incidence .This case highlights the importance of a holistic approach and sheds light on disorders that may go undiagnosed despite being rather apparent once viewed in hindsight.</p>
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