A Case Report of Kartagener Syndrome
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 6
Abstract
Kartagener syndrome/Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare ciliopathic autosomal recessive genetic disorder that causes defects in the action of cilia lining the respiratory tract (both lower and upper, sinuses, eustachian tube, middle ear) and fallopian tube as well as in the flagella of sperm cells. In 1933, Kartagener described a unique syndrome characterized by the triad of situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, and bronchiactesis, which was named Kartagener syndrome. Our case presented with recurrent respiratory tract infections with situs inversus, nasal polyps and early pulmonary changes of bronchiactesis. Keywords:Ciliopathy, situs inversus, bronchiactesis, nasal polyp.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Manjunath S Pandit, Dr. Ashok Gupta, Dr. Priyanshu Mathur, Dr. Manish Sharma, Dr. Manisha Garg, Dr. Rajesh Kumar
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