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ArticleClinical medicine insights. Arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders2016

Ochronotic Arthropathy: Two Case Reports from a Developing Country.

Farooq A Rathore, Saeed B Ayaz, Sahibzada N Mansoor

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Article in Clinical medicine insights. Arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Farooq A RathoreDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan.
Saeed B AyazDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Combined Military Hospital, Okara Cantt, Pakistan.
Sahibzada N MansoorDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Combined Military Hospital, Panno Aqil Cantt, Pakistan.
CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alkaptonuria is a rare inborn error of metabolism, which is classified as an orphan disease. It is due to the lack of an enzyme homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase, which results in an accumulation of homogentisic acid in different areas of the body, including sclera, skin, cardiac valves, articular cartilage of the large joints and intervertebral disks. We present two cases of alkaptonuria resulting in ochronotic arthropathy with advanced secondary generalized osteoarthritis, intervertebral disk calcifications, skin and scleral pigmentation. In these case reports, both patients had symptoms for >10 years before being diagnosed. Conservative management in the form of high-dose ascorbic acid, exercises, and gait aids was offered to both of them, which resulted in some symptomatic improvement in the first case, while the second case was lost to follow-up. Alkaptonuria is a rare disease, and although it does not clearly impact mortality, early diagnosis may improve the quality of life.

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alkaptonuriahomogentisic acidochronosisorphan diseaseosteoarthritisPakistan

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PMID26884684
PMCPMC4749042
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