Recurrent respiratory infections and unusual radiology: a woman with Kartagener's syndrome.
A 39-year-old woman with known situs inversus and a medical history of asthma had been suffering from recurring bronchial pneumonias and sinusitis for as long as she could remember. After being treated several times with antibiotics due to the frequent respiratory infections and after a CT scan that showed bilateral bronchiectasis, she was referred to the department of respiratory diseases, where another confirming X-ray and a bronchoscopy were performed based on a suspicion of Kartagener's syndrome.
Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Cecilia
C
Ronnevi
Department of Pathology and Cytology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Cristian
C
Ortiz-Villalon
Section of Thoracic Radiology, Department of Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jacek
J
Pawlowski
Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Internal Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Giovanni
G
Ferrara
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology*; D001987:Bronchiectasis; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000209:etiology; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents