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Chronic cough and tonsillar hypertrophy: A case series
Author(s) -
Gurgel Richard K.,
Brookes James T.,
Weinberger Miles M.,
Smith Richard J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.20919
Subject(s) - epiglottis , medicine , chronic cough , tonsillectomy , muscle hypertrophy , larynx , surgery , asthma
Two patients with intractable chronic cough were found to have tonsillar tissue impinging on their epiglottis. In both case, tonsillectomy was curative. The observations in these patients are consistent with a previous report indicating chronic cough from the uvula in contact with the epiglottis with cough cessation following uvulectomy. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2008; 43:1147–1149. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.