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Table 3 Radiological findings at diagnosis in clinically-detected and screen-detected patients with type 1 tyrosinemia

From: Type 1 tyrosinemia in Finland: a nationwide study

 

Clinically-detected, n = 17

Screen-detected, n = 4

P value

n

%

n

%

Hepatic nodules

17

100

2

50.0

0.029

Rickets

11

64.7

1

25.0

0.272

Hepatomegaly

10

58.8

1

25.0

0.311

Renomegaly

10

58.8

1

25.0

0.311

Ascites

9

52.9

0

0

0.104

Splenomegaly

6

35.3

0

0

0.281

CNS findings

3a

21.4

0

0

0.999

Cardiac findings

2b

13.3

0

0

0.999

No findings

0

0

1

25.0

0.190

  1. The conducted imaging studies included wrist X-ray, abdominal, cardiac and cranial ultrasound and liver and brain magnetic resonance imaging or computer tomography. Cardiac ultrasound was available for 19 patients, Central nervous system (CNS) imaging was done for 16 patients and the other imaging studies for all 21 patients
  2. aTwo cases with resolving cerebral atrophy and one craniopharyngioma
  3. bOne mild mitral regurgitation and one atrium septum defect