[Serous otitis and ciliary dyskinesia syndrome]

Abstract

Ciliary dyskinesia syndrome or immotile cilia syndrome, is a congenital defect in the ultrastructure of cilia, which result in a clinical expression diverse: recurrent respiratory infections, recurrent otitis media, infertility in the adult male, and half of those situs inversus. A case of ciliary dyskinesia syndrome is presented, who suffered of recurrent pneumonia and relapsing secretory otitis media.