Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

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Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Referrals
About PCD
Services
Resources

The Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) clinic of the Montreal Children’s Hospital is the first and only PCD clinic in Quebec. We see both children and adults suspected of having PCD.

Referrals

Patients suspected of having PCD may be referred for a clinical consultation in the PCD clinic. Please direct referrals to Dr. Adam Shapiro, Pediatric Respiratory Medicine.

Respiratory Medicine / Pulmonology

If your child has already been diagnosed at another clinical centre, you are encouraged to have the diagnosis confirmed through our clinic, which will allow you to take part in our PCD research and trials.

About PCD

PCD is a rare genetic disease causing:

chronic cough
recurrent pneumonias
repeat ear infections
chronic nasal congestion or sinusitis

Many newborns with PCD also have trouble breathing and their chest x-rays show parts of their lungs collapsed. Often this is misdiagnosed as neonatal pneumonia. Most of these babies require weeks of supplemental oxygen therapy and prolonged stays in the neonatal intensive care unit.

At least half of PCD patients also have reversed or misplaced internal organs (known as situs inversus or situs ambiguus), sometimes in combination with congenital heart defects.

Services

Our team of physicians, physiotherapists and otolaryngologists offer state-of-the-art PCD clinical testing and equipment, including extended genetic testing.

Resources

PCD Foundation

Genetic Disorders of Mucociliary Clearance Consortium – Rare Diseases Network

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