Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Ochronosis

Preferred term

Ochronosis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Scope note

  • The yellowish discoloration of connective tissue due to deposition of HOMOGENTISIC ACID (a brown-black pigment). This is due to defects in the metabolism of PHENYLALANINE and TYROSINE. Ochronosis occurs in ALKAPTONURIA, but has also been associated with exposure to certain chemicals (e.g., PHENOL, trinitrophenol, BENZENE DERIVATIVES).

In other languages

  • okronoosi

    Finnish

  • kudoksen tummuminen
  • kudosten tummuminen
  • ochronosis
  • Okronos

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009794

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 7/6/09