Kartagener Syndrome: A First Report of Two Cases from Benin, West Africa.

Q4 Medicine
West African journal of medicine Pub Date : 2024-12-30
S Ade, D Akanni, M Efio, A Djibril, A Adjanayo, K S Savi de Tove, A D Harries
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Kartagener Syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder, belonging to the larger group of diseases of primary ciliary dyskinesia, including situs inversus. This underdiagnosed disease, especially in developing settings, may be potentially responsible for the impairment of the quality of life of patients and can even be life-threatening. We report on two patients with this condition in Benin, in whom the diagnosis had not previously been made, despite a long history of upper and lower respiratory symptoms. The patients were admitted with complications, a superinfection of bronchiectasis complicated by pneumonia and purulent pleurisy in a 30-year-old male and by a refractory hypoxemia, acute pulmonary heart disease in another 32-year-old male. Treatment outcome was favourable in the first case, but less satisfactory in the second one.

卡塔赫纳综合征:西非贝宁两例首次报告。
背景:Kartagener综合征是一种罕见的常染色体隐性遗传疾病,属于原发性纤毛运动障碍的大群疾病,包括逆转位。这种未得到诊断的疾病,特别是在发展中国家,可能会损害患者的生活质量,甚至可能危及生命。我们报告了贝宁两名患有这种疾病的患者,尽管有上呼吸道和下呼吸道症状的长期病史,但此前未作出诊断。患者入院时伴有并发症,其中一名30岁男性为支气管扩张合并肺炎和化脓性胸膜炎的重复感染,另一名32岁男性为难治性低氧血症急性肺源性心脏病。治疗结果在第一个病例是有利的,但在第二个不太令人满意。
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