PEDIATRICS Vol. 6 No. 4 October 1950, pp. 573-580
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SITUS INVERSUS, BRONCHIECTASIS AND SINUSITIS

Report of a Family with Two Cases of Kartagener's Triad and Two Additional Cases of Bronchiectasis Among Six Siblings

W. H. BERGSTROM M.D.1, C. D. COOK M.D.1, J. SCANNELL M.D.1, and WILLIAM BERENBERG M.D.1

1 The Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, Harvard Medical School, the Children's Medical Service and the Surgical Services of the Massachusetts General Hospital, and from the Children's Hospital, Children's Medical Center, Boston.

A family is reported in which there occurred two cases of Kartagener's triad and two of bronchiectasis without situs inversus among six siblings. Eighty cases of Kartagener's triad previously reported are tabulated. The relation of this syndrome to the question of the etiology of bronchiectasis is discussed.

Submitted on January 10, 1950




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