[Ciliary changes with abscence of dynein arms in Kartagener's syndrome]

Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp. 2004 Mar;55(3):145-7. doi: 10.1016/s0001-6519(04)78498-8.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Dyneins / ultrastructure*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kartagener Syndrome / pathology*

Substances

  • Dyneins