Recurrent respiratory infections and unusual radiology: a woman with Kartagener's syndrome

A 39-year-old woman with known situs inversus and a medical history of asthma had been suffering from recurring bronchial pneumonias and sinusitis for as long as she could remember. After being treated several times with antibiotics due to the frequent respiratory infections and after a CT scan that...

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Published in:BMJ case reports 2015-09, Vol.2015, p.bcr2015211650
Main Authors: Ronnevi, Cecilia, Ortiz-Villalon, Cristian, Pawlowski, Jacek, Ferrara, Giovanni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Antibiotics
Asthma
Asthma - etiology
Bacterial infections
Bronchi - pathology
Bronchiectasis
Bronchopneumonia - etiology
Dyspnea
Europe (West)
Exercise
Female
Fungal infections
Hospitals
Humans
Kartagener Syndrome - diagnosis
Kartagener Syndrome - diagnostic imaging
Kartagener Syndrome - pathology
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Microscopy
Other
Patients
Radiology
Rare Disease
Recurrence
Respiratory Tract Infections - diagnosis
Respiratory Tract Infections - diagnostic imaging
Respiratory Tract Infections - etiology
Sinusitis - etiology
Situs Inversus - diagnostic imaging
Solvent abuse
Streptococcus infections
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tuberculosis
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Summary:A 39-year-old woman with known situs inversus and a medical history of asthma had been suffering from recurring bronchial pneumonias and sinusitis for as long as she could remember. After being treated several times with antibiotics due to the frequent respiratory infections and after a CT scan that showed bilateral bronchiectasis, she was referred to the department of respiratory diseases, where another confirming X-ray and a bronchoscopy were performed based on a suspicion of Kartagener's syndrome.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2015-211650