This case presents a patient with hypertrophic osteoarthropathy of the lower extremities that developed secondary to congenital cyanotic heart disease. The major clinical manifestation was severe bilateral leg pain. The pain that was debilitating in nature completely resolved following a single administration of 60 mg pamidronate. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) is an acquired, uncommon disorder of obscure etiology. It has been described mainly in association with chronic suppurative pulmonary diseases, bronchogenic carcinoma and lung metastases, cystic fibrosis, and cyanotic congenital malformations of the heart.
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Univ Tunis El Manar, Fac Med Tunis, Hop Abderrahmane Mami Pneumo Phtisiol, Serv Pneumol 2, Rue Hop, Ariana 2080, TunisiaUniv Tunis El Manar, Fac Med Tunis, Hop Abderrahmane Mami Pneumo Phtisiol, Serv Pneumol 2, Rue Hop, Ariana 2080, Tunisia
Bacha, S.
Habibech, S.
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Univ Tunis El Manar, Fac Med Tunis, Hop Abderrahmane Mami Pneumo Phtisiol, Serv Pneumol 2, Rue Hop, Ariana 2080, TunisiaUniv Tunis El Manar, Fac Med Tunis, Hop Abderrahmane Mami Pneumo Phtisiol, Serv Pneumol 2, Rue Hop, Ariana 2080, Tunisia
Habibech, S.
Attia, M.
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Univ Tunis El Manar, Fac Med Tunis, Hop Abderrahmane Mami Pneumo Phtisiol, Serv Radiol, Rue Hop, Ariana 2080, TunisiaUniv Tunis El Manar, Fac Med Tunis, Hop Abderrahmane Mami Pneumo Phtisiol, Serv Pneumol 2, Rue Hop, Ariana 2080, Tunisia
Attia, M.
Chabbou, A.
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Univ Pittsburgh, Sch Med, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USAUniv Pittsburgh, Med Ctr, Div Nucl Med, Dept Radiol, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
Narla, Vinod V.
Rajagopalan, Malolan S.
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Univ Pittsburgh, Sch Med, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USAUniv Pittsburgh, Med Ctr, Div Nucl Med, Dept Radiol, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
Rajagopalan, Malolan S.
Kanderi, Tanuja
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Univ Pittsburgh, Med Ctr, Div Nucl Med, Dept Radiol, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USAUniv Pittsburgh, Med Ctr, Div Nucl Med, Dept Radiol, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
Kanderi, Tanuja
Muthukrishnan, Ashok
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