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Table 3 Imaging features of 4 Chinese patients with combined MMA and homocysteinemia

From: Combined methylmalonic acidemia and homocysteinemia presenting predominantly with late-onset diffuse lung disease: a case series of four patients

 

Patient 1

Patient 2

Patient 3

Patient 4

PAH

+

+

+

EF(%)

74

68

75

77

Abdominal ultrasonography

Echo enhancement of the renal parenchyma on both sides

Mild enlargement of both kidneys

Echo enhancement and diffuse injury to the renal parenchyma on both sides

Normal

Brain MRI

Dilated lateral ventricles with mild hydrocephalus

Normal

Demyelinating lesions

Demyelinating lesions

Lung CT

Diffuse ground-glass opacification, interlobular septal thickening

Diffuse poorly defined centrilobular nodules, interlobular septal thickening

Diffuse poorly defined ground-glass centrilobular nodules

Mild diffuse ground-glass opacification,

  1. Abbreviations: EF ejection fraction; MRI magnetic resonance imaging; PAH pulmonary arterial hypertension