title: Primary ciliary dyskinesia--an underdiagnosed entity.
abstract: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) also known as immotile cilia syndrome is a genetic disorder characterised by chronic infections of the upper and lower respiratory tracts, male infertility and situs inversus totalis. Authors are presenting clinical details of a patient who was operated upon for recalcitrant rhinosinusitis. Investigations carried to find out the predisposing factors for such sinusitis, resulted in diagnosing the patient a case of PCD, a rare but well known cause of recalcitrant sinusitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Obstetrics & Gynaecology, PT. BDS University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, India.
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Raman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wadher
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Gulati
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Sheetal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004398:Dyneins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004398:Dyneins