Kartagener's syndrome in a woman with a normal ciliary structure and an intracranial meningioma

A Gallelli; G Donato; D A Borelli; S Tripepi; E Brunelli; G Pelaia; C D Signorelli; S A Marsico

Kartagener's syndrome in a woman with a normal ciliary structure and an intracranial meningioma

Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 1996 Feb;51(1):27-9.

Authors

A Gallelli¹, G Donato, D A Borelli, S Tripepi, E Brunelli, G Pelaia, C D Signorelli, S A Marsico

Affiliation

¹ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, University of Reggio Calabria-Catanzaro, Italy.

PMID: 8901317

Abstract

Kartagener's syndrome is usually associated with ciliary abnormalities. We describe a case of Kartagener's syndrome observed in a woman with an intracranial meningioma and a normal axonemal structure. This finding confirms that ultrastructural defects of bronchial cilia are not always present in Kartagener's syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Bronchi / pathology
Bronchoscopy
Cilia / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Kartagener Syndrome / complications
Kartagener Syndrome / diagnosis*
Meningeal Neoplasms / complications
Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Meningeal Neoplasms / surgery
Meningioma / complications
Meningioma / diagnosis*
Meningioma / surgery