title: [An older woman with dextrocardia and shortness of breath].
abstract: A 73-year-old woman, who had a history of chronic sinusitis, presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath. Additional imaging demonstrated situs inversus totalis and multiple bronchiectases. The clinical triad of sinusitis, situs inversus totalis and bronchiectasis is often characteristic of Kartagener's syndrome, a subset of primary ciliary dyskinesia.
authors.affiliation: Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: van Genderen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Raaijmakers
authors.forename: W E J J
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Hanselaar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000209:etiology*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000209:etiology*