The resolution of hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy following treatment of subacute infective endocarditis.
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.
D000328:Adult; D004698:Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*