Kartagener syndrome

Abstract

Kartagener syndrome is a rare, hereditary autosomal recessive disorder, a subset of primary ciliary dyskinesia, characterized by the triad: chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis and situs inversus. We report the case of a young male, with recurrent sinusitis, who was admitted in the context of a pleural empyema and during hospitalization a Kartagener syndrome was documented.