Recurrent respiratory infections and unusual radiology: a woman with Kartagener's syndrome

BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Sep 9:2015:bcr2015211650. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-211650.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Asthma / etiology
  • Bronchi / pathology*
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Bronchopneumonia / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kartagener Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Kartagener Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
  • Kartagener Syndrome / pathology
  • Recurrence
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / diagnosis*
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / etiology
  • Sinusitis / etiology
  • Situs Inversus / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents