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34 years old male patient<br />
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C/o. 1. Nasal block since childhood<br />
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2. Recurrent attacks of upper respiratory infections since childhood<br />
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3. Sterility<br />
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4. Recurrent episodes of wheezing<br />
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O/E.<br />
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Patient had a broad nasal bridge with telecanthus (i.e. increased interpupillary distance)<br />
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[[File:Telecanthus.jpg|framed|center|Figure showing telecanthus]]<br />
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This picture shows the patient with telecanthus (Increased interpupillary distance)<br />
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This feature (telecanthus) is common in patients who have nasal polyposis since childhood.<br />
The presence of nasal polypi causes a splaying effect on the nasal bones causing an<br />
increase in the interpupillary distance (telecanthus).<br />
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Both the nasal cavities of the patient was found to be filled with multiple polypi.<br />
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[[File:Polypi.jpg|framed|center|Figure showing nasal polypi]]<br />
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[[File:Dextro.jpg|framed|center|xray showing dextrocardia]]<br />
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His seminal analysis revealed azoospermia.<br />
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Clinical diagnosis: Kartagener's syndrome<br />
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Discussion:<br />
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Kartagener's syndrome is a symptom complex showing<br />
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1. Bilateral nasal polypi<br />
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2. Azoospermia<br />
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3. Dextrocardia<br />
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4. Situs inversus totalis (reversal of abdominal contents)<br />
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5. Bronchiectasis<br />
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This disease has an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. The primary defect lies in the<br />
ciliary mechanism of the body. The cilia present in the body (in the nose, lungs, sperms) do not<br />
beat normally leading to this defect.</div>Drtbalu