A Pediatric Radiology Textbook and Pediatric Radiology Digital Library
Kartagener Syndrome
Etiology: immotile cilia
Imaging: situs inversus, bronchiectasis, sinusitus
Radiology Cases of Kartagener Syndrome
CXR AP shows situs inversus with the cardiac apex in the right hemithorax, the stomach bubble in the right abdomen and mild thickening of the airways centrally.Waters radiograph of the sinuses shows mucosal thickening and opacification of the bilateral maxillary sinuses, left greater than right.