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Black Aorta from Alkaptonuria

A-76-year old male with a past history of alkaptonuria with ochronosis (homogentisic acid deposition in tissues) had symptomatic aortic stenosis. Surgical replacement of the valve was undertaken, and he was noted to have a severely pigmented and porcelain aorta.

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Autores principales: Laurent, James P., Galvin, Sean D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8642072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34715699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1729916
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spelling pubmed-86420722021-12-06 Black Aorta from Alkaptonuria Laurent, James P. Galvin, Sean D. Aorta (Stamford) A-76-year old male with a past history of alkaptonuria with ochronosis (homogentisic acid deposition in tissues) had symptomatic aortic stenosis. Surgical replacement of the valve was undertaken, and he was noted to have a severely pigmented and porcelain aorta. Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2021-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8642072/ /pubmed/34715699 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1729916 Text en The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, permitting unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction so long as the original work is properly cited. ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8642072/
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