title: Alkaptonuria diagnosed in a 4-month-old baby girl: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics Medicine, Burdwan medical College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, Pin-713101, India. drasokdatta@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Asok K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.forename: Syamali
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: Anindya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dasgupta
authors.forename: Tarun K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Ghosh