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Case Reports
. 1980 Jul;56(657):513-5.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.56.657.513.

The resolution of hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy following treatment of subacute infective endocarditis

L M Shapiro, J Mackinnon
Case Reports

The resolution of hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy following treatment of subacute infective endocarditis

L M Shapiro et al. Postgrad Med J. 1980 Jul.

Abstract

A patient with a corrected coarctation of the aorta subsequently developed infective endocarditis on a congenital bicuspid aortic valve. Resolution of the radiographic bone changes of hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy was demonstrated following treatment of the infection.

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