[Primary ciliary dyskinesia--Kartagener's syndrome and fertile male].
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.
Nowiński
Adam
A
Kliniki Chorób Płuc Instytutu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc, Warszawie.
Hawryłkjewicz
Iwona
I
Sulikowska-Rowińska
Anna
A
Górecka
Dorota
D
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