[Ciliary changes with abscence of dynein arms in Kartagener's syndrome].
A 33 years-old female with a diagnosis of Kartagener's syndrome was studied. She had a clinical history of chronic sinusitis with nasal obstruction and rhinorrea, and a chronic cough with mucopurulent sputum. A paranasal sinus CT showed hypertrophyc mucosa. A thoracic CT showed a situs inversus and chronic bronchitis with bronchiectasis. The saccharin test lasted 55 minutes. The electron microscopy study showed in a a cross-sectional axoneme a total absence of the outer and inner arm of the 9th outer doublet in over a 100 cilias studied. No others ultrastructure anormalities were observed.
Melgarejo Moreno
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P
Unitat d'Al-lergologia, Hospital de Santa María de Lleida.
Galindo Ortego
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X
Marqués Amat
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L
Torres Cortada
G
G
Hellin Meseger
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D
García González
B
B
D000328:Adult; D004398:Dyneins / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*
D004398:Dyneins