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  • Title: [A Case of Kartagener's Syndrome in Infertile Male Patients].
    Author: Mori K, Yumura Y, Takeshima T, Yamanaka H, Kuroda S, Sanjyo H, Yasuda K, Noguchi K.
    Journal: Hinyokika Kiyo; 2015 Dec; 61(12):509-13. PubMed ID: 26790766.
    Abstract:
    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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