Primary ciliary dyskinesia as a cause of neonatal respiratory distress: implications for the neonatologist.
We report two cases of term infants who presented with prolonged respiratory distress, rhinitis, and situs inversus. A high index of suspicion led to the diagnosis of Kartagener Syndrome, which is a subgroup of primary ciliary dyskinesia, in the immediate neonatal period.
Hossain
Tanzeema
T
Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Kappelman
Michael D
MD
Perez-Atayde
Antonio R
AR
Young
Gregory J
GJ
Huttner
Kenneth M
KM
Christou
Helen
H
D002923:Cilia / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy