The Inferior Frontal Gyrus and Cough

We present a case of a patient with a tumor close to the right inferior frontal gyrus. The only symptom this patient had was a disturbing dry cough. After removal of the tumor the cough disappeared immediately. Review of the literature showed that there is a control center of voluntary cough in the...

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Autores principales: Maslehaty, Homajoun, Petridis, Athanasios K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24847431
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2014.609
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description We present a case of a patient with a tumor close to the right inferior frontal gyrus. The only symptom this patient had was a disturbing dry cough. After removal of the tumor the cough disappeared immediately. Review of the literature showed that there is a control center of voluntary cough in the right inferior frontal gyrus. Our case suggests that there might be such a center, which can be affected by a tumor close to it.
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spelling pubmed-40199202014-05-20 The Inferior Frontal Gyrus and Cough Maslehaty, Homajoun Petridis, Athanasios K. Clin Pract Case Report We present a case of a patient with a tumor close to the right inferior frontal gyrus. The only symptom this patient had was a disturbing dry cough. After removal of the tumor the cough disappeared immediately. Review of the literature showed that there is a control center of voluntary cough in the right inferior frontal gyrus. Our case suggests that there might be such a center, which can be affected by a tumor close to it. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2014-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4019920/ /pubmed/24847431 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2014.609 Text en ©Copyright H. Maslehaty and A.K. Petridis http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BYNC 3.0)
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