Primary ciliary dyskinesia: Kartagener syndrome with central giant cell granuloma. A case report

Kivanç Türkoğlu; Kaan Orhan; Pinar Demir; Bariş Karabulut; Deniz C Can-Karabulut

doi:10.1016/j.tripleo.2010.05.054

Primary ciliary dyskinesia: Kartagener syndrome with central giant cell granuloma. A case report

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2010 Oct;110(4):e49-56. doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2010.05.054.

Authors

Kivanç Türkoğlu¹, Kaan Orhan, Pinar Demir, Bariş Karabulut, Deniz C Can-Karabulut

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 20868986
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2010.05.054

Abstract

This paper describes a clinical case of both giant cell granuloma and Kartagener syndrome in a 15-year-old male patient, with emphasis on the radiographic aspects of this extremely unusual pathology. To our knowledge, the presence of these 2 rare clinical conditions in the same patient has not been previously reported.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
Diagnosis, Differential
Granuloma, Giant Cell / complications*
Granuloma, Giant Cell / diagnostic imaging*
Granuloma, Giant Cell / surgery
Humans
Kartagener Syndrome / complications*
Male
Maxilla / surgery
Maxillary Diseases / complications*
Maxillary Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Maxillary Diseases / surgery
Oral Surgical Procedures