Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Respiratory Case Reports, cilt.13, sa.3, ss.110-114, 2024 (Hakemli Dergi)
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is predominantly an autosomal recessive disorder that is characterized by recurrent respiratory infections stemming from impaired ciliary motility. Granulomatous polyangiitis is a necrotizing vasculitic disease marked by granulomatous inflammation in the vascular wall that often manifests in the lungs with cavitating nodules, masses and consolidations. A 24-year-old female patient presented to our clinic complaining of dyspnea, productive cough and pleuritic chest pain, and was diagnosed with Kartagener Syndrome based on her situs inversus, bronchiectasis and sinusitis. Subsequent genetic tests and further clinical evaluations, including thoracic CT, revealed findings of cavitating nodules, PR3-ANCA positivity and leukocytic vasculitis from a skin biopsy pathology, confirming the coexistence of PCD and granulomatous polyangiitis.