Alkaptonuria Presenting with Impressive Osteoarticular Changes and Severe Aortic Stenosis

Roca, B.; Roca, M.; Monferrer, R.

Connecticut Medicine 80(3): 139-141

2016


ISSN/ISBN: 0010-6178
PMID: 27169295
Document Number: 690574
Alkaptonuria, or ochronosis, a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder, causes an excess of homogentisic acid that results in dark pigmentation, calcification, and inflammation of cartilaginous and other tissues. Cardiovascular complications are also typical of the disease. We report the case of a 78-year-old male who presented with impressive osteoarticular changes and aortic stenosis associated with alkaptonuria.

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