González ÁJR, Sotolongo CR, Laguna EXY

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 359-364
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ABSTRACT

The case report of a 12 year female adolescent who presented repeated breathing infections and bronchial obstruction, with a situs inversus, bronquiectasia and sinusitis is described; as well as recurrent pneumonia, bronchitis and bronchial hiperreactivity patterns. Taking into account these particularities and the complementary tests results, including the computed tomographic scan and the thorax x-ray, the Kartagener syndrome was diagnosed. Due to the uncommon of its presentation these findings are shared with the scientific community in general.

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