A seven-year-old boy with sinusitis, otitis media, and asthma.

Abstract

A 7-year-old boy with recurrent otitis media, bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, and sinusitis was found to have primary ciliary dyskinesia. It was important to rule out other systemic diseases such as immune deficiency and cystic fibrosis. Electron microscopy of a properly obtained and prepared biopsy of the mucosal surface of the nose, trachea, or bronchus is essential.