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Kartagener syndrome – the complexity of a primary ciliary dyskinesia phenotype and its rare association with cystic fibrosis: case report

Volume 74 (2025): Issue 1 (January 2025)

By: Roxana-Ștefania Cobzariu, Cristian Cojocaru and Radu Crișan-Dabija

Open Access

|Jan 2026

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TEM of respiratory cilia obtained by bronchial brushing, showing the absence of outer dynein arms and microtubular disorganisation. Findings are characteristic of PCD. PCD, primary ciliary dyskinesia; TEM, transmission electron microscopy.

Serial chest radiographs showing fluctuating bronchiectasis and inflammatory changes in the context of situs inversus totalis. (A) February 2025: bilateral bronchiectasis with basal predominance. (B) May 2025: interval worsening with prominent bronchiectasis and patchy consolidations. (C) October 2025: partial improvement with persistent chronic bronchiectasis.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pneum-2025-0036 | Journal eISSN: 2247-059X | Journal ISSN: 2067-2993

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Language: English

Page range: 125 - 130

Published on: Jan 14, 2026

Published by: Romanian Society of Pneumology

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: Volume open

Keywords:

primary ciliary dyskinesia,

Kartagener syndrome,

cystic fibrosis,

Related subjects:

Clinical medicine,

Clinical medicine, other,

Internal medicine,

© 2026 Roxana-Ștefania Cobzariu, Cristian Cojocaru, Radu Crișan-Dabija, published by Romanian Society of Pneumology
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