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Decreased hepatic echogenicity

MedGen UID:
1379023
Concept ID:
C4477002
Finding
Synonym: Hypoechogenic liver
 
HPO: HP:0031143

Definition

Reduced echogenicity of liver tissue on sonography, manifested as an increased amount of black on the screen of the sonography device. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDecreased hepatic echogenicity

Conditions with this feature

Hypermethioninemia with deficiency of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase
MedGen UID:
462408
Concept ID:
C3151058
Disease or Syndrome
Hypermethioninemia with S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase deficiency is an autosomal recessive severe neurometabolic disorder affecting the muscles, liver, and nervous system, resulting in death in infancy (summary by Bas et al., 2020). Other causes of hypermethioninemia include hereditary tyrosinemia (276700), cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency (236200), and methionine adenosyltransferase deficiency (250850).

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Ohmae H, Tanaka M, Hayashi M, Matsuzaki Y, Kurosaki Y, Blas BL, Portillo GG, Sy OS, Irie Y, Yasuraoka K
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Khuroo MS, Zargar SA, Mahajan R
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Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Zhang J, Jiang S, Zhang R, Zhang L
Clin Nucl Med 2023 Oct 1;48(10):e474-e476. Epub 2023 Aug 30 doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004801. PMID: 37682614
Kaulitz R, Haber P, Sturm E, Schäfer J, Hofbeck M
Herz 2014 Feb;39(1):98-104. Epub 2013 May 8 doi: 10.1007/s00059-013-3811-5. PMID: 23649317
Catalano D, Trovato GM, Martines GF, Randazzo M, Tonzuso A
Liver Int 2008 Nov;28(9):1280-7. Epub 2008 Apr 23 doi: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01742.x. PMID: 18435716
Kardorff R, Olveda RM, Acosta LP, Duebbelde UJ, Aligui GD, Alcorn NJ, Doehring E
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1999 Jun;60(6):954-9. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.954. PMID: 10403327
Ohmae H, Tanaka M, Hayashi M, Matsuzaki Y, Kurosaki Y, Blas BL, Portillo GG, Sy OS, Irie Y, Yasuraoka K
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1992 Jan;46(1):99-104. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1992.46.99. PMID: 1536391

Prognosis

Hatanaka M, Nakazawa A, Nakano N, Matsuoka K, Ikeda H, Hamano I, Sakamoto S, Kasahara M
Pediatr Transplant 2014 Aug;18(5):E152-6. Epub 2014 May 12 doi: 10.1111/petr.12280. PMID: 24815871
Kim HK, Park JY, Lee KU, Lee GE, Jeon SH, Kim JH, Kim CH
Am J Med Sci 2009 Feb;337(2):98-102. doi: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181812879. PMID: 19214024
Catalano D, Trovato GM, Martines GF, Randazzo M, Tonzuso A
Liver Int 2008 Nov;28(9):1280-7. Epub 2008 Apr 23 doi: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01742.x. PMID: 18435716
Kim EA, Yoon KH, Lee YH, Kim HW, Juhng SK, Won JJ
Korean J Radiol 2003 Oct-Dec;4(4):224-33. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2003.4.4.224. PMID: 14726639Free PMC Article
Björk O, Eklöf O, Willi U, Ahström L
Acta Radiol Diagn (Stockh) 1985 Sep-Oct;26(5):589-97. doi: 10.1177/028418518502600515. PMID: 3000141

Clinical prediction guides

Abellaneda Millán M, Morillas-Ruiz JM, Ballester Sajardo R, Guillén Martínez D, Morales Moreno I, Hernández Morante JJ
Nutrients 2023 Feb 10;15(4) doi: 10.3390/nu15040894. PMID: 36839251Free PMC Article
Belcaro G, Cox DM, Cesarone MR, Gizzi G, Pellegrini L, Scipione C, Scipione V, Dugall M, Hu S, Corsi M, Feragalli B, Cotellese R
Minerva Gastroenterol (Torino) 2022 Dec;68(4):434-441. doi: 10.23736/S2724-5985.22.03201-6. PMID: 36507829
Burrage LC, Madan S, Li X, Ali S, Mohammad M, Stroup BM, Jiang MM, Cela R, Bertin T, Jin Z, Dai J, Guffey D, Finegold M; Members of the Urea Cycle Disorders Consortium (UCDC), Nagamani S, Minard CG, Marini J, Masand P, Schady D, Shneider BL, Leung DH, Bali D, Lee B
JCI Insight 2020 Feb 27;5(4) doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.132342. PMID: 31990680Free PMC Article
Kaulitz R, Haber P, Sturm E, Schäfer J, Hofbeck M
Herz 2014 Feb;39(1):98-104. Epub 2013 May 8 doi: 10.1007/s00059-013-3811-5. PMID: 23649317
Catalano D, Trovato GM, Martines GF, Randazzo M, Tonzuso A
Liver Int 2008 Nov;28(9):1280-7. Epub 2008 Apr 23 doi: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01742.x. PMID: 18435716

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