Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
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. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.