title: [Kartagener syndrome and papillary thyroid carcinoma: an unusual combination].
abstract: A case of a papillary thyroid carcinoma in a patient with situs inversus with associated bronchiectasis and chronic sinusitis (Kartagener's syndrome) is reported. A 61-year-old male patient has the symptoms of nasal obstruction. nasal purulent discharge and headache for 2 years. Physical examination: right nasal purulent in right nasal cavity and multiple lychee-like opaque mass in right middle meatus. A nodule, one centimeter in diameter, locates in the upper pole of right thyroid. Evidence of full situs inversus viscerum can be confirmmed by chest radiographs and ultrasound doppler. Pathology: right nasal polyps, the right small papillary thyroid cancer. TEM Tip primary ciliary dyskinesia. Clinical diagnosis: Kartagener syndrome, papillary thyroid carcinoma (T1a N0 M0, I period), chronic sinusitis-nasal polyps.
authors.forename: Jingyuan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Xurui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhongyin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000473:pathology; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000473:pathology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000473:pathology; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000473:pathology; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000473:pathology; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*