Alkaptonuria diagnosed in a 4-month-old baby girl: a case report.
The mother of a four month old female baby attended in the well baby clinic with the complaint of black staining of the diaper after few minutes of urination. The baby was born of a non consanguineous marriage, healthy and breast fed. Mother noticed that stain first at the age of two and half month. The urine when kept in a test tube for two hours turned black. Laboratory examination of urine revealed increased concentration of homogentisic acid. The patient was diagnosed as alkaptonuria.
Datta
Asok K
AK
Department of Pediatrics Medicine, Burdwan medical College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, Pin-713101, India. drasokdatta@yahoo.co.in.
Mandal
Syamali
S
Dasgupta
Anindya
A
Ghosh
Tarun K
TK