A RARE CASE REPORT OF KARTAGENER?S SYNDROME IN MOTHER AND OFFSPRING.
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Kartagener's syndrome (KS), a subgroup of the immotile-dyskinetic cilia syndrome, is a rare congenital disorder in the axoneme of the cilia characterized by the classic triad of recurrent rhinosinusitis, bronchiectasis, and situs inversus. It is generally considered that males with KS are almost all infertile. Some women with this syndrome are infertile, whereas some have successfully conceived. Although pregnancy is not impossible in women with KS, they are at high risk for sterility. We report a case of Kartagener?s syndrome with normal fertility and the same disease inherited by the offspring. Both baby and mother after getting treatment for lower respiratory infection, were discharged in good condition.
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[Jothi Sundaram. and D.S.Kavitha. (2017); A RARE CASE REPORT OF KARTAGENER?S SYNDROME IN MOTHER AND OFFSPRING. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Apr). 582-585] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
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