title: Kartagener syndrome: report of a case with mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis.
abstract: The first known case of Kartagener syndrome associated with glomerulonephritis is reported. Mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis was diagnosed in this patient several months before her death. This report also includes a review of the recent literature dealing with Kartagener syndrome and mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis and a consideration of the possible relationship of infection to the cause of mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001344:Autopsy; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology