Ochronosis, (Alkaptonuria) | |
Rare recessive metabolic disease with missing homogentisic acid oxidase with deposit of pigmented metabolic byproducts in sclera, cornea and conjunctiva and elsewhere in the body. | |
Wollensak, Josef, Prof. Dr. med., Univ.-Augenklinik, Berlin, Germany | |
E70.2 | |
Systemic Diseases -> Metabolic Diseases -> Protein Metabolism -> Amino-acid Disturbances -> Primary -> Ochronosis | |
sclera; conjunctiva; congenital metabolic disease | |
2655 |