Ochronotic arthropathy - Disappearance of alkaptonuria after liver transplantation for hepatitis B-related cirrhosis
Articles > Case Report · 2005
Authors: Arzu Çelebi Kobak, Gonca KARABULUT, Şenol Kobak, Mehmet Argin, Vedat İnal
JCR-JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2005, vol 11, pp 323-325
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000191157.25894.55
Summary
<p>The deficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase, an enzyme that is mainly found in hepatocytes, is associated with alkaptonuria and ochronosis. We report a patient with clinical and radiologic findings of ochronotic arthropathy in whom alkaptonuria disappeared and the progressive course of the disease stopped after liver transplantation for hepatitis B-related cirrhosis.</p>