[A case of diagnosis of knee joint ochronosis in bone tuberculosis hospital].
The author presents a case of knee joint ochronosis or alcaptonuric osteoarthrosis, which is rarely encountered in clinical practice. The pathogenesis of the disease is attributable to the acculation of homogentisic acid derivatives in the body. There is a great similarity of clinical and X-ray manifestations of ochronosis and tuberculous arthritis.
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D000368:Aged; D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001174:Arthrodesis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009794:Ochronosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis*