Reversible hypertrophic osteoarthropathy associated with cyanotic congenital heart disease
M. Frand, G. Koren and Z. Rubinstein
We treated two patients with congenital cyanotic heart disease (CCDH) in
whom associated hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) developed. Both were
severely cyanotic and hypoxic for many years before HOA was fully
manifested. Clinical and roentgenographic indications of bone and joint
lesions disappeared completely shortly after corrective of palliative
surgery. There appears to be an etiologic connection between HOA and CCHD.
