Amer Saleem, Aneela Chaudhary, Zafar Hussain Iqbal.
Kartagener’s Syndrome – a case report with literature review.
Surgimed Med Dent J Jan ;1(3):31-5.

Kartagener’s syndrome is a triad of situs inversus, chronic sinusitis and bronchiectasis. It is a subset of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) or immotile-cilia syndrome (ICS). Patients have a spectrum of ciliary abnormalities including ciliary akinesia, dyskinesia and/ or aplasia. Ciliary dysfunction causes impaired muco-ciliary clearance, repeated respiratory infections leading to bronchiectasis. The present case report describes a patient who presented with recurrent pneumonia and workup showed him patient of PCD (Kartagener’s syndrome).

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