title: [Primary ciliary dyskinesia--Kartagener's syndrome and fertile male].
abstract: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disease, in which a number of human organs are involved: upper and lower respiratory tract, spermatozoa in males and fallopian tube in females. In minority of cases PCD presents as Kartagener's syndrome (KS): sinusitis, bronchiectasis and inversion of internal organs. We report a case of Kartagener's syndrome in 43-year-old fertile male. After clinical and radiological examination and biopsy of the bronchial mucosa diagnosis of KS was established. The problem of fertility in KS males is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Chorób Płuc Instytutu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc, Warszawie.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nowiński
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hawryłkjewicz
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sulikowska-Rowińska
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Górecka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome