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High-speed Video Microscopy Analysis for First-line Diagnosis of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
Published on: January 19, 2022
Primary ciliary dyskinesia and hydrocephalus with aqueductal stenosis
José Pedro Vieira1, Patricia Lopes, Rita Silva
1Department of Neurology, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal. jose.vieira@chlc.min-saude.pt
Abstract:
We report a female patient with situs inversus, dextrocardia, a complex heart malformation, hydrocephalus due to aqueductal stenosis, and abnormal ultrastructure of the respiratory epithelium cilia. Several animal models of this disorder implicate abnormal ciliary function in the genesis of hydrocephalus, and 11 patients were previously reported with hydrocephalus and the syndrome of primary ciliary dyskinesia. Primary ciliary dyskinesia-associated aqueductal stenosis should be considered as a possible cause for fetal or neonatal hydrocephalus if heterotaxy, heart malformations, and/or a probable genetic etiology are present.
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