All::Respiratory::Diseases::Kartagener's syndrome

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What are the main clinical features of Kartagener's syndrome?

  • dextrocardia or complete situs inversus
  • bronchiectasis
  • recurrent sinusitis
  • subfertility (secondary to diminished sperm motility and defective ciliary action in the fallopian tubes)

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What is the pathophysiology of Kartagener's syndrome?

dynein arm defect results in immotile cilia

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