Kartagener syndrome and papillary thyroid carcinoma: an unusual combination.
- Author:
Jingyuan REN
;
Xurui WANG
;
Zhongyin HE
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
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
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2015;29(21):1911-1914
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
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.
