Clinical-radiological findings of Kartagener's syndrome

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Keywords:

Kartagener's syndrome, bronchiectasis, sinusitis, situs inversus.

Abstract

Introduction: Kartagener's syndrome is an inherited disease, affecting the respiratory tract and characterized by the association of situs inversus, bronchiectasis and sinusitis. It is usually diagnosed in the pediatric age and, rarely, a case is presented in adulthood.

Objective: To demonstrate the usefulness of the clinical method in the diagnosis of Kartagener's syndrome in the fourth decade of life.

Case presentation: A 43-year-old male patient with recurrent rhinitis and chronic sinusitis since childhood. He comes to the outpatient pulmonology office due to persistent cough with hemoptotic expectoration. Other diagnostic clues raise the hypothesis and imaging studies confirm it. Chest axial tomography shows: dextrocardia and bronchiectasis; and sinusitis in the paranasal sinus radiography.

Conclusions: Kartagener's syndrome demands a high index of suspicion, since it constitutes an anomalous disease in adulthood. It has a high diagnostic complexity due to its heterogeneity; therefore, an adequate use of the clinical method is required for its confirmation.

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Author Biographies

Donel González Díaz

Médico General Integral. Especialista en Neumología. Profesor Instructor e Investigador Auxiliar.

Drialis Díaz Garrido, Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras.

Médico General Integral. Especialista en Neumología en el servicio del Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras. Profesora Asistente e Investigadora Auxiliar.

Sergio Fernandez Garcia, Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras.

Médico General Integral. Especialista de Segundo Grado en Neumología en el servicio internacional del Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras. Profesor e Investigador Auxiliar.

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Published

2024-09-08

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González Díaz D, Díaz Garrido D, Fernandez Garcia S. Clinical-radiological findings of Kartagener’s syndrome. Rev Cubana Inv Bioméd [Internet]. 2024 Sep. 8 [cited 2025 Aug. 26];43. Available from: https://revibiomedica.sld.cu/index.php/ibi/article/view/2855

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