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Primary ciliary dyskinesia CT
Introduction
Overview
Overview
CT
CT
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CT image showing dilated and thickened medium sized airways (bronchiectasis)in a patient with Kartagener syndrome
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Oblique sagittal CT image showing lower lobe cylinidrical bronchiectasis in the same patient
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Axial CT image showing situs inversus with the liver and IVC on the left and the spleen and aorta on the right
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Axial CT image showing dextrocardia with the IVC and morphologic right ventricle on the left and the left ventricle on the right
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Axial CT image showing chronic sinusitis in a patient with Kartagener syndrome.
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Sagittal CT image showing “tree in bud” appearance of mucous impaction in distal small airways related to primary ciliary dyskinesia
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Situs inversus in a patient with Kartagener syndrome (Image courtesy of RadsWiki and copylefted)
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]







