Kartagener Syndrome

  • Etiology: immotile cilia
  • Imaging: situs inversus, bronchiectasis, sinusitus

Cases of Kartagener Syndrome

CXR 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.
Sinus radiograph of sinusitis in Kartagener syndrome
Waters radiograph of the sinuses shows mucosal thickening and opacification of the bilateral maxillary sinuses, left greater than right.