We describe here an infant girl with ductal dependent
complex cyanotic heart disease, who required prostaglandin
infusion for a total of five months prior to Blalock-Taussig
shunt procedure. Her alkaline phosphatase activity was
raised after seven weeks being on prostaglandin and only
dropped to the normal range seven days after discontinuing
prostaglandin infusion. During our review at five months
old, her limbs were grossly swollen and radiographic
examination showed dense periosteal reaction in the long
bones. Based on the clinical findings and investigations,
she was diagnosed to have cortical hyperostosis, which is
an uncommon side effect of prostaglandin. She underwent
right Blalock-Taussig Shunt procedure successfully with no
major complications. Unfortunately, she succumbed to
infection two months after surgery.