Kartagener's syndrome in a woman with a normal ciliary structure and an intracranial meningioma.
Kartagener's syndrome is usually associated with ciliary abnormalities. We describe a case of Kartagener's syndrome observed in a woman with an intracranial meningioma and a normal axonemal structure. This finding confirms that ultrastructural defects of bronchial cilia are not always present in Kartagener's syndrome.
Dept of Respiratory Medicine, University of Reggio Calabria-Catanzaro, Italy.
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Gallelli
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Donato
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Borelli
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Tripepi
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Brunelli
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Pelaia
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Signorelli
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Marsico
D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002923:Cilia / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery