Knee Arthroscopy: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tool for Management of Ochronotic Arthropathy [PDF]
Arthroscopy Techniques, 2018 The surgical treatment of ochronotic arthropathy remains unclear. Although there is no absolute cure for ochronotic arthropathy, current management typically begins with conservative treatment.
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Ochronotic arthropathy effectively treated with total hip and total knee arthroplasty: a case report [PDF]
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 Ochronosis is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of tyrosine metabolism characterized by multilevel spinal degeneration and arthritis of large weight-bearing joints, which is referred to as ochronotic arthropathy.
Yikai Liu +4 more
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Patients with Black Hip and Black Knee Due to Ochronotic Arthropathy: Case Report and Review of Literature [PDF]
Oman Medical Journal, 2013 Ochronotic arthropathy is a manifestation of longstanding alkaptonuria. With increasing age, an accumulation of pigment deposits of homogentisic acid in the joint cartilage results in ochronotic osteoarthritis.
Mehmet Ali Acar +5 more
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Long-term result of arthroplasty in the treatment of a case of ochronotic arthropathy [PDF]
Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2016 Alkaptonuria is a rare metabolic disease caused by a partial or total deficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase, which results in excess homogentisic acid (HGA) levels.
Sinan Karaoğlu +2 more
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Total hip arthroplasty in patients with alkaptonuria: a case report [PDF]
Frontiers in SurgeryAlkaptonuria (AKU) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (HGD) gene, often leading to debilitating ochronotic arthropathy that requires total joint arthroplasty (THA). This case report describes a
Bo Zhu +3 more
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Case Report: First Documented Hip Arthroplasty on Chinese Patient with Ochronotic Arthropathy [PDF]
Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 Alkaptonuria (AKU) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by homogentisc acid (HGA) accumulation, the deposition of which in the joints usually causes ochronotic arthropathy.
Zhibo Ying +5 more
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Case Report: Ochronotic Arthropathy [PDF]
Forbes Tıp Dergisi, 2021 Ochronosis is a rare metabolic disease caused by the deficiency of the homogentisic acid oxidase enzyme. It gives clinical findings related to the accumulation of homogentisic acid in soft tissues and excretion in urine. Patients with chronic arthropathy
Ülkü Dönmez +3 more
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Direct repair of the chronic ochronotic Achilles tendon rupture: a case report [PDF]
BMC Musculoskeletal DisordersBackground Alkaptonuria (AKU) is a rare hereditary disease. Ochronotic arthropathy, tendinopathy, and osteopenia/osteoporosis are generally musculoskeletal manifestations in patients with AKU.
Takuji Yokoe +6 more
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Ochronotic arthropathy mimicking degenerative osteoarthritis in an older adult with alkaptonuria: diagnostic and perioperative lessons from a case report [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineBackgroundAlkaptonuria is a rare inherited metabolic disorder caused by impaired homogentisic acid metabolism. Ochronotic arthropathy is a late musculoskeletal manifestation and may mimic ordinary degenerative osteoarthritis in older adults.
Yong-Ming Zhang +3 more
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Total Hip Arthroplasty in Ochronotic Arthropathy with quadriceps tear. A Case Report with a Review of the Literature [PDF]
Journal of Orthopaedic Case ReportsIntroduction: Alkaptonuria is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the absence of the enzyme homogentisate 1,2 dioxygenase, which leads to the accumulation of homogentisic acid in connective tissues and blood, resulting in Ochronosis and ...
Alok Chandra Agrawal +4 more
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