[Primary ciliary dyskinesia--Kartagener's syndrome and fertile male]

Pneumonol Alergol Pol. 2002;70(5-6):312-7.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disease, in which a number of human organs are involved: upper and lower respiratory tract, spermatozoa in males and fallopian tube in females. In minority of cases PCD presents as Kartagener's syndrome (KS): sinusitis, bronchiectasis and inversion of internal organs. We report a case of Kartagener's syndrome in 43-year-old fertile male. After clinical and radiological examination and biopsy of the bronchial mucosa diagnosis of KS was established. The problem of fertility in KS males is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Infertility, Male / etiology
  • Kartagener Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Kartagener Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome