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BACKGROUND: Primary ciliary dyskinesia is a rare disease that causes ciliary motility dysfunction with a clinical pattern that includes Kartagener's syndrome, consisting of chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis and situs inversus. CLINICAL CASE: A 19-year-old male patient, diagnosed in his neonatal stage, which is known by the pulmonology department of a hospital in northeastern Colombia; with severe respiratory symptoms and multiple comorbidities that have led to constant hospital admissions and motivated a multidisciplinary intervention in order to lessen the impact of the disease. CONCLUSIONS: The approximate diagnosis is performed under clinical and radiological criteria, if necessary, tests are done to complement and confirm the diagnosis. There are no specific treatments for this disease. The case described allows us to explore therapeutic strategies that support future cases, aimed at improving prognosis and quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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