Reversible keratopathy due to hypertyrosinaemia following intermittent low-dose nitisinone in alkaptonuria: a case report.
JIMD Rep
; 17: 1-6, 2014.
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ABSTRACT
We describe a patient with ultra-rare disease, alkaptonuria, who developed tyrosine keratopathy following nitisinone therapy of 2 mg on alternate days. His vision became impaired approximately 7 weeks following the commencement of nitisinone and ophthalmological examination at week nine showed characteristic dendritic keratopathy associated with tyrosinaemia. The corneal lesion as well as his visual symptoms normalized completely following discontinuation of nitisinone. This is the first documented report of keratopathy due to acquired tyrosinaemia due to very low-dose nitisinone.
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