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Alkaptonuria - Case report*
Alkaptonuria, also called endogenous ochronosis, is a rare metabolic autosomal recessive disorder. It occurs by complete inhibition of homogentisic acid oxidase enzyme having its deposition in various tissues. Male patient, 52 years old, sought medical help complaining about progressive appearance of hyperchromic papules on the lateral edge of the second finger of both hands for 02 years. He al...
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Alkaptonuria is a rare inborn error of metabolism with autosomal recessive inheritance with a mutation in homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase. It results in accumulation of homogentisic acid in connective tissues (ochronosis). Most common ocular manifestations are bluish-black discoloration of the conjunctiva, cornea, and sclera. In this case report, a 39-year-old Indian male patient with additional ...
متن کاملAlkaptonuria – Case Report and Review of Literature
ALKAPTONURIA (AKU) is a rare inherited genetic disorder of tyrosine metabolism characterized by the triad of homogentisicaciduria, ochronosis and arthritis. It is one of the conditions in which Mandelian recessive inheritance was proposed.1 It was also one of the four inborn errors of metabolism described by Garrod in his croonian lectures of 1908.2 The clinical manifestations are that urine tu...
متن کاملAlkaptonuria: Case report and review of the literature.
Alkaptonuria (McKusick 203500) is a rare metabolic disease characterized by a triad of homogentisic aciduria, arthritis and ochronosis. It enjoys the historic distinction of being one of the first conditions in which mendelian recessive inheritance was proposed and is also one of the conditions in the charter of group of inborn errors of metabolism. It is of interest to note that the disease wa...
متن کاملAlkaptonuria in a 6 Year Old Patient: Case Report
Alkaptonuria is a rare disorder of tyrosine catabolism. A 6 year old male child presented with history of darkish staining of the toilet commode following voiding. The urine when kept in a sterile container for a few hours turned black. Urine examination showed massive amounts of homogentisic acid. Patient was diagnosed as alkaptonuria.
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عنوان ژورنال: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0365-0596
DOI: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20143052