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2016, Number 1

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Alerg Asma Inmunol Pediatr 2016; 25 (1)

Somatic cough («psycogenic») as a cause of chronic cough in pediatrics. Case report and literature review

Arredondo SJC, Cuevas SF, León RCG

Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page: 24-29
PDF size: 150.66 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The evaluation of a pediatric patient with chronic cough of somatic origin (before psychogenic cough), represents a major challenge for the primary care physician (usually a pediatrician) and even for the specialist in pediatric respiratory diseases, particularly due by its low frequency and little experience at both international and local levels and the lack of pathognomonic clinical data to guide the diagnosis accurately. According to international literature, the diagnosis of somatic cough (before psychogenic) is by exclusion, once thoroughly discarded organic causes that can explain it, and once the diagnosis have been established, treatment should be aimed at solving the psychological-emotional factor associated. We present a case that shows the complexity that can represent make the diagnosis of this entity and a literature review with the intention of raising sensibility to clinician to the possibility of this diagnosis and provide tools to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of this entity apparently uncommon in children.


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