When to suspect primary ciliary dyskinesia in children. 2016

Dominic A Fitzgerald, and Adam J Shapiro
Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: dominic.fitzgerald@health.nsw.gov.au.

Primary ciliary dyskinesia [PCD] is an uncommon, autosomal recessively inherited condition that is often overlooked and undertreated in childhood. Amidst the myriad of children with coloured nasal secretions, otitis media and a wet cough, there exists a subset with PCD as the underlying unifying diagnosis. In this paper we have highlighted the varying clinical manifestations of PCD, emphasising different presentations between neonates, toddlers, school aged children and adults.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007619 Kartagener Syndrome An autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a triad of DEXTROCARDIA; INFERTILITY; and SINUSITIS. The syndrome is caused by mutations of DYNEIN genes encoding motility proteins which are components of sperm tails, and CILIA in the respiratory and the reproductive tracts. Kartagener Triad,Ciliary Dyskinesia, Primary, 1,Ciliary Dyskinesia, Primary, 1, With Or Without Situs Inversus,Dextrocardia, Bronchiectasis, and Sinusitis,Kartagener's Syndrome,Kartagener's Triad,Polynesian Bronchiectasis,Siewert Syndrome,Bronchiectasis, Polynesian,Kartageners Syndrome,Kartageners Triad,Polynesian Bronchiectases,Syndrome, Kartagener,Syndrome, Kartagener's,Syndrome, Siewert
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D057210 Delayed Diagnosis Non-optimal interval of time between onset of symptoms, identification, and initiation of treatment. Diagnosis Delay,Late Diagnosis,Delayed Diagnoses,Diagnosis Delays,Diagnosis, Delayed,Diagnosis, Late,Late Diagnoses

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