Open AccessChronic Cough in Thymoma
Author(s) -
Krishna Kumar Agrawaal,
Sushil Dhakal,
Narendra Bhatta,
Bickram Pradhan,
Ramesh Kumar Chaurasia,
Suman Rijal,
Prahlad Karki
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.124
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic cough , pulmonologists , thymoma , tuberculosis , differential diagnosis , outpatient clinic , anterior mediastinum , productive cough , intensive care medicine , surgery , pediatrics , dermatology , lung , mediastinum , asthma , pathology
Cough is one of the most common symptom for which patients seek medical attention from primary care physicians and pulmonologists. Although tuberculosis and other lung infections are common throughout the developing world, they are not among the most common causes of chronic cough. We report a case of a 23 years old male who presenting to the outpatient clinic with chronic cough not responding to regular and symptomatic treatment that was diagnosed to have thymoma. After all the common causes for chronic cough have been ruled out, unusual causes should also be considered in the differential diagnosis.
KEYWORDS: Chronic cough, Thymoma, Anterior Mediastinum.