A Case Report of Chronic Low Back Pain with Ochronosis

Yalcin, Suha; Tiftik, Tulay; Kara, MURAT; Karabay, Ilkay; Ersoz, Murat; AKKUŞ, SELAMİ

doi:10.5152/tftrd.2014.09734

A Case Report of Chronic Low Back Pain with Ochronosis

Yalcin S., Tiftik T., Kara M., Karabay I., Ersoz M., AKKUŞ S.

TURKIYE FIZIKSEL TIP VE REHABILITASYON DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION, cilt.60, sa.2, ss.166-170, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 60 Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2014
Doi Numarası: 10.5152/tftrd.2014.09734
Dergi Adı: TURKIYE FIZIKSEL TIP VE REHABILITASYON DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.166-170
Anahtar Kelimeler: Ochronosis, alkaptonuria, lumbar disc herniation, low back surgery, LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION, ALKAPTONURIA, ARTHROPATHY
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Reported here is a 47-year-old man with ochronosis and ongoing low back and leg pain symptoms who underwent low back surgery due to lumbar disc hernia. Presenting this patient, we caution clinicians to consider ochronosis in the differential diagnosis of lumbar discopathy, and we would like to emphasize again the roles of x-ray imaging as an initial diagnostic method and conservative treatment before surgical interventions for relevant pathologies.