ISSN : 1301-5680
e-ISSN : 2149-8156
Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery     
A rare cause of aortic valve stenosis: Ochronosis
Atakan Atalay1, Vural Polat1, Nesrin Turhan2, İrfan Taşoğlu1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
2Department of Pathology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2018.15552
Ochronosis is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder which may cause aortic valve stenosis. In this article, we report a 58-yearold male patient with alkaptonuria who presented to our institute with severe aortic valve stenosis. He underwent successful aortic valve replacement with a mechanical prosthesis. The deposition of foreign material in valvular tissue is a rare case scenario which may result in serious problems, the management of which may necessitate valve replacement with prosthetic heart valves.
Keywords : Alkaptonuria; aortic valve; ochronosis
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