Chronic cough and tonsillar hypertrophy: a case series.
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.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Richard K
RK
Gurgel
Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
James T
JT
Brookes
Department of Pediatrics-Allergy and Pulmonary Division, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Miles M
MM
Weinberger
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Richard J
RJ
Smith
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014068:Tonsillectomy