Alkaptonuria And Ochronosis ochronosis is a blueblack discoloration of bone, cartilage, and skin caused by deposits of ochre-colored pigment. Subscribe now . Alkaptonuria and ochronosis. http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/921733488.html
Extractions: Subscribe now >> Alkaptonuria is a rare disease in which the body does not have enough of an enzyme called homogentisic acid oxidase (HGAO). It is a genetic disease, meaning that it is inherited from a family member. Because normal amounts of the HGAO enzyme are missing, homogentisic acid (HGA) is not used and builds up in the body. Some is eliminated in the urine, and the rest is deposited in body tissues where it is toxic. The result is ochronosis, a blue-black discoloration of connective tissue including bone, cartilage, and skin caused by deposits of ochre-colored pigment. Patients with alkaptonuria are usually not aware of the disease until about age 40 when symptoms are present. Dark staining of the diapers sometimes can indicate the disease in infants, but usually no symptoms are present until much later in life. Alkaptonuria and ochronosis affect many body systems, as described below.
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Extractions: (advertisement) Home Specialties Resource Centers CME ... Patient Education Articles Images CME Patient Education Advanced Search Consumer Health Link to this site Back to: eMedicine Specialties Dermatology Metabolic Diseases Last Updated: September 10, 2003 Rate this Article Email to a Colleague Synonyms and related keywords: alkaptonuria, bluish black discoloration of tissue, exogenous ochronosis, exposure to hydroquinone, homogentisic acid oxidase, homogentisic acid, HGA AUTHOR INFORMATION Section 1 of 10 Author Information Introduction Clinical Differentials ... Bibliography Author: Craig G Burkhart, MSPH, MD , Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Ohio at Toledo Coauthor(s): Craig Nathaniel Burkhart, BS , Consulting Staff, Medical College of Ohio at Toledo Craig G Burkhart, MSPH, MD, is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology Ohio State Medical Association , and Phi Beta Kappa Editor(s): C Lisa Kauffman, MD
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Extractions: Signs, symptoms and indicators Treatment recommendations Ochronosis is the muscoskeletal manifestation of alkaptonuria - a rather rare (one in 200,000 births) inherited disorder of protein metabolism characterized by an inability of the body to metabolize the amino acids tyrosine and phenylalanine . It affects especially the large joints (hip, knees and vertebral column) by a progressive degenerative arthrosis The outward signs are the ocular (eye) and the skin pigmentations, the genito-urinary calculi (stones) and cardiovascular ochronosis (especially the aortic valve). The symptoms mostly begin within the third or fourth decade. It was Scribonius who described the first known case of ochronosis in 1584. He mentioned a schoolboy who passed urine black as ink. In 1902, Albrecht and Zdareck discovered the link with alkaptonuria. The incidence of alkaptonuria is 1 per million with the highest prevalence in Slovakia by inbreeding. [ Laoussadi S., Menkes C.-J. Arthroses DEtiologie rare. Rev. Rhum. Ed. Fr., nr 9 bis, Vol. 61, Nov. 1994
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Extractions: Amershamhealth.com Search for: Type a word or a phrase. All forms of the word are searchable. Browse entry words starting with: A B C D ... Other characters Ochronosis, the bluish-black pigmentation occurring in connective tissue of patients with alkaptonuria . The deposition of the pigment results in characteristic joint abnormalities termed ochronotic arthropathy (see alkaptonuria
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Extractions: A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine Home Search Conditions Genes ... Help Glossary A disease in which the metabolic products of phenylalanine and tyrosine accumulate, resulting in the deposition of HOMOGENTISIC ACID (a brown-black pigment) in the connective tissue. It occurs in ALKAPTONURIA, but has also been observed in connection with exposure to certain chemicals (e.g., phenol, trinitrophenol, benzene derivatives). Definition from: Unified Medical Language System (MeSH) at the National Library of Medicine A condition often associated with alkaptonuria and marked by pigment deposits in cartilages, ligaments, and tendons. Definition from: MedlinePlus at the National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference obtains definitions from several sources Published: May 28, 2004
Extractions: A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine Home Search Conditions Genes ... Help Alkaptonuria Alkaptonuria is an inherited condition that causes urine to turn black when exposed to air. Dark pigment builds up in connective tissues such as cartilage and skin. The condition is also characterized by arthritis in adulthood. The condition is rare, affecting 1 in 250,000 to 1 million people worldwide. Alkaptonuria is more common in certain areas of Slovakia (where it has an incidence of about 1 in 19,000 people) and in the Dominican Republic. Mutations in the HGD gene cause alkaptonuria. The HGD gene makes an enzyme called homogentisate oxidase, which helps break down the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine (important building blocks of proteins) into smaller molecules. Mutations in the HGD gene prevent the enzyme from playing its role in this process. As a result, a substance called homogentisic acid builds up in the body. Excess homogentisic acid is deposited in connective tissues, which causes cartilage and skin to darken and leads to arthritis. Homogentisic acid is also in present in urine, which makes the urine turn dark when exposed to air.
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Extractions: Alkaptonuria is a rare disease that is inherited. The disease results from a deficiency of the enzyme homogentisic acid oxidase. This enzyme deficiency leads to a build up of homogentisic acid in tissues of the body. Alkaptonuria is known to be especially frequent in Slovakia and in the Dominican Republic. How is alkaptonuria inherited? Alkaptonuia is a classic recessive condition. The gene for it is on a nonsex (autosomal) chromosome. Parents of a person with alkaptonuria each have one alkaptonuric gene and a normal gene paired with it. They have no symptoms of alkaptonuria at all. Each of their children has a one-quarter (25%) chance to receive both of their normal genes, a one-half (50%) chance to receive one alkaptonuric and one normal gene (and seem entirely normal) and a one-quarter (25%) chance to receive both of their alkaptonuric genes and have alkaptonuria (ochronosis). What is ochronosis?
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Extractions: Amershamhealth.com Search for: Type a word or a phrase. All forms of the word are searchable. Browse entry words starting with: A B C D ... Other characters Ochronosis, the bluish-black pigmentation occurring in connective tissue of patients with alkaptonuria . The deposition of the pigment results in characteristic joint abnormalities termed ochronotic arthropathy (see alkaptonuria
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Extractions: (advertisement) Synonyms, Key Words, and Related Terms: alkaptonuria, bluish black discoloration of tissue, exogenous ochronosis, exposure to hydroquinone, homogentisic acid oxidase, homogentisic acid, HGA Background: Ochronosis is the bluish black discoloration of certain tissues, such as the ear cartilage and the ocular tissue, seen with alkaptonuria, a metabolic disorder. Additionally, ochronosis can occasionally occur from exposure to noxious substances, such as phenol, trinitrophenol, benzene, and hydroquinone. Pathophysiology: Ochronosis was defined by Virchow who histologically described the connective tissue in alkaptonuria, given the cartilage's ochre, or yellow, hue under the microscope. Alkaptonuria is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by deficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase, the only enzyme capable of catabolizing homogentisic acid (HGA). Alkaptonuria features a defect in the biochemical pathway by which phenylalanine and tyrosine are normally degraded into fumaric and acetoacetic acid. The genetic defect is mapped to band 3q1 to q23, and 18 genetic missense mutations are known to cause homogentisic acid oxidase aberrations. This deficiency results in accumulation and deposition of HGA in cartilage, causing the characteristic diffuse bluish black pigmentation. Exogenous ochronosis, in which bluish black pigmentation of cartilage is noted iatrogenically by exogenous agents, has been seen after exposure to noxious substances, including phenol, trinitrophenol, benzene, and hydroquinone.
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Extractions: Alkaptonuria Insufficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase Results in excessive homogentisic acid excreted in urine and deposited in soft tissue Urine may be black Sclera may be grey-brown or yellow Cartilage of nose and ears may be bluish in color Clinical findings are combination of spondylitis and arthritis of major joints Usually affects large joints-knees, shoulders, hips Chondrocalcinosis of appendicular joints may develop In the spine: Universal disc calcification and DJD of root joints (hips and shoulders) in younger patient are pathognomonic Murray and Jacobson, 2
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Extractions: Alkaptonuria Insufficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase Results in excessive homogentisic acid excreted in urine and deposited in soft tissue Urine may be black Sclera may be grey-brown or yellow Cartilage of nose and ears may be bluish in color Clinical findings are combination of spondylitis and arthritis of major joints Usually affects large joints-knees, shoulders, hips Chondrocalcinosis of appendicular joints may develop In the spine: Universal disc calcification and DJD of root joints (hips and shoulders) in younger patient are pathognomonic Murray and Jacobson, 2
