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Case Reports
. 2002 May;21(2):170-2.
doi: 10.1007/s10067-002-8277-4.

Ochronosis: a case of severe ochronotic arthropathy

K Nas  1 , A Gür, S Akdeniz, R Cevik, M Harman, A J Saraç
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Ochronosis: a case of severe ochronotic arthropathy

K Nas et al. Clin Rheumatol. 2002 May.

Abstract

Ochronosis involves primarily the large cartilaginous joint surfaces, ribs, intervertebral discs, ear cartilage etc. We report on a 53-year-old woman with typical alkaptonuric ochronosis with dark urine, blue-black pigmentation of the auriculae and hands, focal brown hyperpigmentation of the sclera, spondylarthropathy and severe shoulder joint involvement.

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