Primary ciliary dyskinesia
CILIOPATHY WITH IMPAIRED FUNCTION OF THE CILIA LINING THE RESPIRATORY TRACT AND FALLOPIAN TUBE
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia; Immobile ciliary syndrome; Immotile ciliary syndrome; Immotile cilia syndrome; Kartagener syndrome; Ciliary motility disorders; Kartagener's syndrome; Kartageners
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, autosomal recessive genetic ciliopathy, that causes defects in the action of cilia lining the upper and lower respiratory tract, sinuses, Eustachian tube, middle ear, Fallopian tube, and flagella of sperm cells. The alternative name of "immotile ciliary syndrome" is no longer favored as the cilia do have movement, but are merely inefficient or unsynchronized.