%0 Journal Article
%T Ochronosis: a case of severe ochronotic arthropathy
%A Berat Meryem Alkan
%A Fatma Fidan Y£¿ld£¿z
%A Aliye Tosun
%A £¿¨¹kran Erten
%J Rheumatology Reports
%D 2011
%I PAGEPress Publications
%R 10.4081/rr.2011.e8
%X Ochronosis involves primarily the large cartilaginous joint surfaces, ribs, intervertebral discs, ear cartilage etc. We report on a 52-year-old woman with typical alkaptonuric ochronosis with dark urine, blue-black pigmentation of the auriculae and hands, spondylarthropathy and severe hip and shoulder joints involvement. The differential diagnosis of this rare condition is discussed with a review of the literature.
%K ochronosis
%K alkaptonuria
%K arthritis
%U http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rr/article/view/3364