title: [Alkaptonuric ochronosis - rare cause of bilateral meniscopathy (author's transl)].
abstract: Bilateral meniscus lesions without an adequate trauma are rare. We observed a patient with such an injury caused by alkaptonuric ochronosis. Radiographs revealed a calcifying degeneration of the intervertebral disks and osteoarthritic alterations of the large joints. The surgeon should think of this disease finding a yellow brown discoloration of the cartilage at arthrotomy.
mesh_terms: D000474:Alkaptonuria / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Alkaptonurische Ochronose--Seltene Ursache einer bilateralen Meniskopathie.