Open AccessKartagener′s syndrome
Author(s) -
Pradip V Potdar,
Mitali M Nayak,
Aushutosh Chitnis
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/medical journal of dr. d.y. patil university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7119
pISSN - 0975-2870
DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.103349
Subject(s) - bronchiectasis , etiology , medicine , pediatrics , pathology , lung
Bronchiectasis may have varied etiologies. In patients presenting in middle or old age with bronchiectasis, congenital and hereditary causes of bronchiectasis are not commonly encountered. In majority of adult patients, bronchiectasis follows necrotizing infection. We report a case of Kartagener′s syndrome in a female patient diagnosed in her sixties