A case of kartagener´s syndrome in a child

Hanna Mackiewicz, Anna Sinkiewicz, Stanisław Betlejewski

Summary
A case of a child with early diagnosed full symptomatic Kartagener´s syndrome is presented. The boy was hospitalized twice in the Otolaryngology Department of the University of Medical Sciences in Bydgoszcz because of disturbances in nose breathing, right otorrhea, and bilateral conductive hearing loss. The child underwent diagnostics and was eventually operated on. Nasopharyngoendoscopy, left paracentesis, and right antromastoidectomy with tympanoplasty were performed. No long-lasting improvement was obtained. The case is presented because of the rarity of Kartagener´s syndrome, and the treatment difficulties connected with a lack of ciliary transport.

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