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Abstract
Case Report
Calcium stone lithoptysis in Kartagener's syndrome
Kazuo Suzukia Tomosue Kajiwaraa Akio Kasaia Fumitoshi Yoshimineb Takashi Hasegawac Eiichi Suzukic
aDepartment of Internal Medicine, Niigata Prefectural Muikamachi Hospital
bDepartment of Community Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
cDepartment of General Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital
ABSTRACT
A 60-year-old man was admitted to Niigata Prefectural Muikamachi Hospital for pneumonia. He had been diagnosed as Kartagener's syndrome because of situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, chronic otitis media, and bronchiectasis. After admission, he frequently reported calcite stone lithoptysis. There may be an association between lithoptysis and primary ciliary dyskinesia including Kartagener's syndrome because calcite stone formation must be a biomineralization response to chronic airway inflammation and retention of airway secretions.
KEYWORDS
Kartagener's syndrome Primary ciliary dyskinesia Broncholitiasis
Received 19 Sep 2013 ／ Accepted 27 Nov 2013
AJRS, 3(2): 293-296, 2014
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