Lower urinary tract symptoms and prostatic calculi: A rare presentation of alkaptonuria

Alkaptonuria is a rare tyrosine metabolic disorder. A deficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase leads to accumulation of homogentisic acid in the body. Dark-colored urine, cutaneous pigmentations and musculoskeletal deformities are characteristic features. Storage and voiding lower urinary tract sympt...

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Autores principales: Sridhar, F. K., Mukha, R. P., Kumar, S., Kekre, N. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Uroradiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22919147
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.98474
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author Sridhar, F. K.
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description Alkaptonuria is a rare tyrosine metabolic disorder. A deficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase leads to accumulation of homogentisic acid in the body. Dark-colored urine, cutaneous pigmentations and musculoskeletal deformities are characteristic features. Storage and voiding lower urinary tract symptoms due to prostatic calculi is a rare presentation.
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spelling pubmed-34249082012-08-23 Lower urinary tract symptoms and prostatic calculi: A rare presentation of alkaptonuria Sridhar, F. K. Mukha, R. P. Kumar, S. Kekre, N. S. Indian J Urol Uroradiology Alkaptonuria is a rare tyrosine metabolic disorder. A deficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase leads to accumulation of homogentisic acid in the body. Dark-colored urine, cutaneous pigmentations and musculoskeletal deformities are characteristic features. Storage and voiding lower urinary tract symptoms due to prostatic calculi is a rare presentation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3424908/ /pubmed/22919147 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.98474 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Urology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lower urinary tract symptoms and prostatic calculi: A rare presentation of alkaptonuria
title Lower urinary tract symptoms and prostatic calculi: A rare presentation of alkaptonuria
title_full Lower urinary tract symptoms and prostatic calculi: A rare presentation of alkaptonuria
title_fullStr Lower urinary tract symptoms and prostatic calculi: A rare presentation of alkaptonuria
title_full_unstemmed Lower urinary tract symptoms and prostatic calculi: A rare presentation of alkaptonuria
title_short Lower urinary tract symptoms and prostatic calculi: A rare presentation of alkaptonuria
title_sort lower urinary tract symptoms and prostatic calculi: a rare presentation of alkaptonuria
topic Uroradiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424908/
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