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Total hip arthroplasty in patients with alkaptonuria: a case report
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
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Ochronotic arthropathy of the hip with multiple joint involvement: a rare case report and literature review [PDF]
The Egyptian Orthopaedic JournalOchronosis is a rare inherited genetic disorder that affects tyrosine and phenylalanine metabolism. It leads to the deposition of dark pigments in connective tissues and articular cartilage, which are rich in collagen.
Plaban N. Chowdhury +3 more
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Cementless total knee arthroplasty in ochronotic arthropathy: A case report with a 4-year follow-up
, 2000 Alkaptonuria is an inherited metabolic disorder characterized by the absence of the enzyme homogentisic acid oxidase, which leads to the accumulation of homogentisic acid, produced during normal metabolism of phenylalanine and tyrosine. Ochronosis, which
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Two cases of ochronotic arthropathy.
Orthopedics & Traumatology, 1984 Two cases of typical ochronotic arthropathy were reported.Case 1; A 70-year-old man had had a considerable pain in the large joints for about ten years and a gait disturbance for eighteen months. The dark pigementation was noticed in sclera and ear cartilage, and his urine turned dark when a strong alkali was added to it.
Takao Hotokebuchi +4 more
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Short-term results of total shoulder arthroplasty for ochronotic arthritis
, 2019 Alkaptonuria is a rare inherited autosomal recessive disorder resulting in large joint osteoarthritis with black discoloration of the cartilage. The glenohumeral is the third most affected joint.
van Noort, Arthur +2 more
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Total knee arthroplasty in ochronosis
Arthroplasty Today, 2015 Alkaptonuria is disorder of tyrosine metabolism due to deficiency of homogentisic oxidase characterized by excretion of homogentisic acid in urine, deposition of oxidized homogensitate pigments in connective tissues and articular cartilages (ochronosis).
Vaibhav G. Patel, MBBS
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A Case Report of Ochronotic Arthropathy
Orthopedics & Traumatology, 1980 Alkaputonuria is an uncommon metabolic disorder caused by deficiency of the enzym Homogentisic Acid (H, G. A, ) oxidase. So Tyrosine and Phenylalanine are not metabolized completely. H. G. A. is produced, but metabolism dose not advance furthermore. H. G. A. is excreted in the urine and the deposition of H. G. A.
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Spinal Abnormalities Similar To Ankylosing-Spondylitis In a 58-Year-Old Woman With Ochronosis
, 1995 Ochronotic arthropathy (spondylosis or peripheral arthropathy) is a late complication of alkaptonuria. There is a tendency for HLA-B27 positive patients with alkaptonuria to develop ochronotic spondylosis.
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Four cases of ochronotic arthropathy.
Orthopedics & Traumatology, 1983 We experienced 4 cases of ochronotic arthropathy. The chief complaints of the cases were knee pain, intermittent claudication, pain of the left hip joint and low back. These cases were treated by arthrodesis of the knee, laminectomy, total hip replacement and spondylodesis. One of them was died of pulmonary cancer. Radiological examination of the three
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Ochronotic Chondropathy: A Case Report
, 2023 Endogenous ochronosis, also known as alkaptonuria, is a rare disease known for its bluish-black discoloration of the skin, sclerae, and pinnae, as well as urine that turns black upon standing.
Roy K. Aaron +4 more
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