Alkaptonuric patient presenting with black disc: a case report
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Tarih
2013
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Yayıncı
Turkish Assoc Orthopaedics Traumatology
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Although intervertebral disc degeneration usually occurs in the natural course of alkaptonuria, detection of the disease by black disc material in a patient without any other sign of alkaptonuria is an extremely rare condition. The authors report a 45-year-old previously healthy female patient who was operated on for prolapsed lumbar disc herniation, and in whom the nucleus pulposus was discovered to be black intraoperatively. The alkaptonuria was diagnosed after histopathological examination of the black disc material. Elevated urinary concentration of homogentisic acid confirmed the diagnosis.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Alkaptonuria; black disc material; lumbar disc herniation; ochronosis
Kaynak
Acta Orthopaedica Et Traumatologica Turcica
WoS Q Değeri
Q4
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Cilt
47
Sayı
2
