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The dyskinetic cilia syndrome in childhood. Modifications of ultrastructural patterns.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6494614     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The syndrome of cilia dyskinesia is known as a heterogenous ciliary dysfunction caused by morphological defects of the dynein arms, the nexin links, the radial spokes and by the transposition of microtubules. Supernumerary tubules have been regarded as acquired morphological defects on the background of other bronchopathies. The report of a 9-year-old girl with the clinical signs of ciliary dyskinesis is considered to be an attribution to the clinical and pathological features of this syndrome. The girl's history of chronic bronchopulmonary infections and nasal polyposis resistant to therapy made her suspected to be ill of Kartagener's syndrome. The results of ultrastructural investigations of the mucosa from ciliated epithelium revealed a ciliary structural defect in the bronchi as well as in the nose and the sinuses with supernumerary microtubular doublets and singles, a decentration of the central tubules and shortened dynein arms. The regularity of the electron optical abnormalities implicates a systemic disorder of ciliated epithelium, which is to be summarized to the syndrome of cilia dyskinesis.
Authors:
B Becker; K Morgenroth; D Reinhardt; G Irlich
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases     Volume:  46     ISSN:  0025-7931     ISO Abbreviation:  Respiration     Publication Date:  1984  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1984-11-30     Completed Date:  1984-11-30     Revised Date:  2009-11-11    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0137356     Medline TA:  Respiration     Country:  SWITZERLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  180-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Bronchi / pathology
Bronchitis / pathology
Bronchopneumonia / pathology
Child
Cilia / ultrastructure*
Ciliary Motility Disorders / pathology*
Female
Humans
Lung Diseases, Obstructive / pathology
Mucous Membrane / pathology
Nasal Mucosa / pathology
Nasal Polyps / pathology
Rhinitis / pathology

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