Image of the month. Bluish-black pigmentation of the sclera and the aortic valve in a patient with alkaptonuric ochronosis.
Cardiologic Practice, Papenburg, Germany. dr.andreas.wilke@googlemail.com
Andreas
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Wilke
Otto
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Dapunt
Dietmar
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Steverding
D000368:Aged; D000474:Alkaptonuria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009794:Ochronosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012590:Sclera / Q000473:pathology*; D015422:Scleral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology