title: [Chronic pulmonary alterations in children with long-lasting productive cough].
abstract: A productive (sounding) cough is always abnormal, and suppurative lung disease should be considered. A chronic suppurative cough may be associated with the destruction of the bronchial wall (bronchiectasis). The most commonly identifiable cause of suppurative cough is cystic fibrosis. This article, which is accompamied by an illustrative CT-scan, describes two paediatric cases of cystic fibrosis and primary ciliary dyskinesia and suggests appropriate avenues of clinical investigation, when chronic suppurative cough presents in children.
authors.affiliation: Øre-naese-hals-afdelingen, Hoved-Halskirurgisk Klinik, Hillerød Sygehus, DK-3400 Hillerød. jakobfoghsgaaard@get2net.dk
authors.forename: Jakob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Foghsgaard
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nir
authors.forename: June K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Marthin
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bach
authors.forename: Hanne
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002925:Ciliary Motility Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003371:Cough / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed