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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1992;35(8):1127-1134. Published online August 15, 1992.

Seven Cases of Immotile Cilia Syndrome

Sun Young SY Lee¹, Myung Ik MI Lee¹, Don Hee DH Ahn¹, Keun Chan KC Sohn¹, Je Geun JG Chi²

¹Department of Pediatrics, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Pathology, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Immotile cilia syndrome is a disease caused by congenital abnormality of the cilia and symptom complex composed by chronic rhinitis, sinusitis, otitis, male infertility etc. We have experienced 7 cases of immotile cilia syndrome diagnosed by electron microscopic finding of nasal or bronchial mucosal biopsies since 1984. Six cases were girls and type Id was most common (4 cases) on electron microscopic classification. And most of the patients showed gradual improvement with supportive therapy in several years. We reported 7 cases with review of related literature.

Keywords :Immotile cilia syndrome