A Case of Kartagener's Syndrome in Infertile Male Patients
The patient was a 33-year-old man attending the infertility clinic with primary infertility of 3 years duration. The semen examination showed oligozoospermia and suspected primary male infertility. He had a history of chronic sinusitis and respiratory disease. His chest X-ray showed dextrocardia. Ab...
Veröffentlicht in: | Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica. - 1962. - 61(2015), 12 vom: 21. Dez., Seite 509-13 |
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Format: | Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Japanese |
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica |
Schlagworte: | Case Reports English Abstract Journal Article |
Zusammenfassung: | The patient was a 33-year-old man attending the infertility clinic with primary infertility of 3 years duration. The semen examination showed oligozoospermia and suspected primary male infertility. He had a history of chronic sinusitis and respiratory disease. His chest X-ray showed dextrocardia. Abnormality of the ultrastructure of the cilia of the tract epithelium was found by electron microscopy, and further examination revealed bronchoectasis. We gave him a diagnosis of Kartagener syndrome from these findings. Kartagener syndrome consists of bronchiectasis, sinusitis and situs inversus and is considered a form of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD). PCD is also a cause of motor impairment of sperm flagella. This case had successful in-vitro fertilization pregnancy with spermatozoa from the patient |
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Beschreibung: | Date Completed 01.04.2016 Date Revised 21.01.2016 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
ISSN: | 0018-1994 |