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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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Received: 8 June 2001 / Accepted: 10 September 2001
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Nas, K., Gür, A., Akdeniz, S. et al. Ochronosis: A Case of Severe Ochronotic Arthropathy. Clin Rheumatol 21, 170–172 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-002-8277-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-002-8277-4