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Chronic cough and tonsillar hypertrophy: a case series
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Chronic cough and tonsillar hypertrophy: a case series

Richard K Gurgel, James T Brookes, Miles M Weinberger and Richard J Smith
Pediatric pulmonology, Vol.43(11), pp.1147-1149
11/2008
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20919
PMID: 18846560

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Abstract

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.
Cough - etiology Palatine Tonsil - pathology Hypertrophy - complications Tonsillectomy Humans Child, Preschool Female Male Chronic Disease Cough - surgery Palatine Tonsil - surgery

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