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Aged, 80 and over ; Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde/*methods ; Female ; Gallstones/*complications/diagnosis/radiography/surgery ; Humans ; Situs Inversus/*complications/radiography ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

A case of a papillary thyroid carcinoma in a patient with situs inversus with associated bronchiectasis and chronic sinusitis (Kartagener's syndrome) is reported. A 61-year-old male patient has the symptoms of nasal obstruction. nasal purulent discharge and headache for 2 years. Physical examination: right nasal purulent in right nasal cavity and multiple lychee-like opaque mass in right middle meatus. A nodule, one centimeter in diameter, locates in the upper pole of right thyroid. Evidence of full situs inversus viscerum can be confirmmed by chest radiographs and ultrasound doppler. Pathology: right nasal polyps, the right small papillary thyroid cancer. TEM Tip primary ciliary dyskinesia. Clinical diagnosis: Kartagener syndrome, papillary thyroid carcinoma (T1a N0 M0, I period), chronic sinusitis-nasal polyps.
Carcinoma ; complications ; diagnosis ; Carcinoma, Papillary ; Chronic Disease ; Humans ; Kartagener Syndrome ; complications ; diagnosis ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nasal Obstruction ; pathology ; Nasal Polyps ; pathology ; Radiography, Thoracic ; Rhinitis ; pathology ; Sinusitis ; pathology ; Situs Inversus ; pathology ; Thyroid Cancer, Papillary ; Thyroid Neoplasms ; complications ; diagnosis