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- Title
Patient With A Diagnosis Of Ochronosis After Lumbar Dyscectomy: Case Report.
- Authors
Yeldir, Neşe; Küçükyıldız, Halil Can; Başpınar, Nisa; Özüm, Ünal; Eğilmez, Hatice Reyhan
- Abstract
Ochronosis is the black discoloration of connective tissues seen with alkaptonuria, a metabolic disorder. Alkaptonuria is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by the lack of homogentisic acid oxidase enzyme. Alkaptonuria causes degenerative changes in cartilage, intervertebral disc and other tissues. The patients operated due to lumbar disc herniation in alkatonuria are very few. In this article a case of ochronosis in which the patient was determined after lumbar discectomy is presented.
- Subjects
INTERVERTEBRAL disk; CONNECTIVE tissues; METABOLIC disorders; INTERVERTEBRAL disk hernias; CARTILAGE; DISCECTOMY
- Publication
Cumhuriyet Medical Journal, 2020, Vol 42, Issue 4, p522
- ISSN
1300-1957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7197/cmj.816314