Operating the blues

Clin Case Rep. 2016 Oct 5;4(12):1201-1202. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.710. eCollection 2016 Dec.

Abstract

A 63-year-old man bearing most signs and symptoms (facial pigmentation, degenerative arthritis, and dark urine) pertinent to his known history of alkaptonuria underwent aortic valve replacement for critical aortic stenosis. Although rare, aortic stenosis is the most common cardiac manifestation of alkaptonuric ochronosis.

Keywords: Alkaptonuria; aortic stenosis; ochronosis.