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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2013; 03(03): 113-115
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1703691
Case Report

SPONTANEOUS ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE - A CASE OF OCHRONOSIS

Sanath Kumar Shetty
1   Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore, India
,
Raj Sankar N. R.
2   P.G. Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore, India
,
Nirmal Babu P.
3   P.G. Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore, India
,
Lawrence J. Mathias
4   Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore, India
,
Shubha P. Bhat
5   Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore, India
,
Ravindranath Rai
6   Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore, India
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Abstract

Alkaptonuria is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterised by the absence of homogentisic acid oxidase and the subsequent accumulation of homogentisic acid, a metabolic product of the aromatic aminoacids phenylalanine and tyrosine; which is deposited in articular cartilages, intervertebral discs, sclera, tympanic membrane, tendons and ligaments leading to their degeneration. Here we describe a case of spontaneous rupture of Achilles tendon1,2,3 due to Ochronosis.

Keywords

Alkaptonuria - Ochronosis - Achilles tendon


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