Alkaptonuria - more than meets the eye
Ong, S.G.; Chen, B.C.
Medical Journal of Malaysia 68(1): 67-68
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-5283 PMID: 23466771 Document Number: 670821
An elderly gentleman with chronic lower back and bilateral knee pain was found to have clinical and radiographic findings consistent with alkaptonuria. Diagnosis was confirmed by the detection of elevated homogentisic acid level in the urine using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.