Kartagener syndrome
Pakistan Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 2008; 24 (2): 45-46
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-89483
ABSTRACT
12 year old boy presented in ENT OPD with rhinorrhoea, nasal obstruction and chronic cough since childhood. He had hypertelorism and his nose was filled with watery and mucoid secretion with extensive nasal polyps bilaterally. Otoscopy revealed secretary otitis media confirmed on tympanometery and myringotomy. Suspicion of Kartagener syndrome came from dextrocardia and was confirmed on electron microscope that revealed missing dynin arms on quantitative estimation of cilia
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Otitis Media with Effusion
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Nasal Obstruction
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Nasal Polyps
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Cough
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Dextrocardia
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Hypertelorism
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Pak. J. Otolaryngol.-Head Neck Surg.
Year:
2008
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