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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, Ömer Faruk Erkocak, Bahattin Kerem Aydin, Egemen Altan, Hakan Şenaran, Nuh Mehmet Elmadağ   +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, Ece Cinar, Cihat Ozturk, Simin Hepgüler   +3 more
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Artropatia ocronótica Ochronotic arthropathy [PDF]

Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, 2006
Os autores apresentam o relato de caso de um paciente com artropatia ocronótica. A ocronose é uma doença rara, de herança autossômica recessiva, manifestação clínica da alcaptonúria.
Fernando Peres A. Gonçalves, Fabiano Rebouças Ribeiro, Cantídio Salvador Filardi, Rômulo Brasil Filho   +3 more
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Ochronotic Arthropathy [PDF]

Archives of Surgery, 1970
1. Four cases of ochronotic arthropathy have been studied and the related literature has been reviewed. 2. Ochronotic arthropathy is a rare condition resulting from an inborn error of metabolism occurring as a Mendelian recessive characteristic. Its incidence, however, may have been underestimated. 3. Problems of differential diagnosis are discussed
L C, Detenbeck, H H, Young, L O, Underdahl   +2 more
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Direct repair of the chronic ochronotic Achilles tendon rupture: a case report [PDF]

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Background Alkaptonuria (AKU) is a rare hereditary disease. Ochronotic arthropathy, tendinopathy, and osteopenia/osteoporosis are generally musculoskeletal manifestations in patients with AKU.
Takuji Yokoe, Makoto Nagasawa, Takuya Tajima, Nami Yamaguchi, Tomomi Ota, Yudai Morita, Etsuo Chosa   +6 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, Fatih Karaaslan, Musa Uğur Mermerkaya   +2 more
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Case Report: Ochronotic arthropathy mimicking spondyloarthritis: a case-based review of diagnostic pitfalls and a novel likely pathogenic HGD variant [PDF]

Frontiers in Genetics
BackgroundAlkaptonuria (AKU) is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (HGD) deficiency, leading to pigment deposition and progressive ochronotic arthropathy (OchA), which may mimic chronic inflammatory or ...
Zhicheng Liu, Xinyu Xu, Yifan Yang, Sha Li, Ru Bai, Zhenghua Zhang, Yulong Guo, Ruomei Cui, Jian Xu, Shuang Liu   +9 more
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Ochronotic arthropathy-a rare clinical case. [PDF]

Oxf Med Case Reports, 2018
Ochronotic arthropathy is a rare condition found in patients with alkaptonuria that results from the accumulation of ochronotic pigment. We present the case of a 65-year-old woman who presented for medical evaluation due to hip and knee chronic pain. The physical and radiographic findings were compatible with an end-stage hip osteoarthritis and knee ...
Couto A, Sá Rodrigues A, Oliveira P, Seara M.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Knee ochronotic arthropathy and arthroscopic findings

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2020
Ochronotic arthropathy is a rare condition found in patients with alkaptonuria which is a hereditary metabolic disease associated with deposition of homogentisic acid derivatives in the articular cartilage, menisci, ligaments, and connective tissues due ...
Cemal Kural, Ercan Mahmut Cetinus, Alev Kural, Ali Akın Ugras, Ibrahim Kaya   +4 more
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Ochronotic Arthropathy of the Knee: A Case Report [PDF]

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
Alkaptonuria (AKU) is a low-prevalence genetic inherited disease expressed in an autosomal recessive and monogenic manner, characterized by a tissue accumulation of homogentisic acid (HGA).
MARZO NUNES SANTOS, RICARDO DAVID COUTO, DANIELE BRUSTOLIM   +2 more
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