Bone changes in congenital cyanotic heart disease.

Twenty-five patients with congenital cyanotic heart disease were studied. Skiagrams of the skull (posteroanterior and lateral views), pelvis and lumbar spine (posteroanterior and lateral views), upper limb (posteroanterior view only), and x-ray of ankle joint including lower ends of tibia and fibula (posteroanterior and lateral views) were taken. Haemoglobin, packed cell volume, total leucocyte count, differential leucocyte count, and reticulocyte count were done in each case by standard techniques. Bone marrow was examined in