A Case of the Kartagener Syndrome Accompanied by Pectus Carinatus Deformity
Author(s) -
Mahmut Tokur
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and analytical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1309-2014
pISSN - 1309-0720
DOI - 10.4328/jcam.845
Subject(s) - medicine , deformity , kartagener syndrome , pectus excavatum , surgery , lung , bronchiectasis , primary ciliary dyskinesia
A seven year old female patient diagnosed as a Kartagener Syndrom (KS) by the findings of clinical and radiological, was brought to the hospital with the complaints such as expectoration sputum often, cough and fever. Situs inversus totalis, pansinusitis, destroyed right lower lobe, bronchiectasis in the left middle lobe and pectus carinatus deformity were detected in the physical examination and radiological investigations of the patient. Although long-term medical therapy pulmonary symptoms couldn’t get under control. Because of this right lower lobectomy was performed to the patient. In the literature it is mentioned that KS can be with rare togetherness but patient with thoracic deformities were not encountered
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