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Early adolescent primary ciliary dyskinesia associated with broncholithiasis
Author(s) -
Hekimoglu Koray,
Gundogdu Sadi
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.20826
Subject(s) - primary ciliary dyskinesia , bronchiectasis , medicine , situs inversus , kartagener syndrome , pediatrics , rare disease , sinusitis , disease , surgery , pathology , lung
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), is a rare congenital disease group, and contained Kartageners syndrome. This syndrome is characterized with situs viscerum inversus, sinusitis and bronchiectasis. In some elderly patients, broncholithiasis may be associated with PCD. The coexistence of early adolescence PCD and broncolithiasis has not been reported yet. We report here a case of a 14‐year‐old early adolescent male who had typically presented as PCD‐based Kartageners syndrome and developed broncholithiasis which diagnosed with computed tomography. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2008; 43:714–716. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.