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Hydrocephalus

Findings in hydrocephalus reported from S. Karatayliozgursoy and co-researchers

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, July 19th, 2010

"Chronic cough is defined as a daily cough lasting for more than eight weeks. We report an unusual case of chronic cough as the primary manifestation of obstructive hydrocephalus," scientists in the United States report.

"Chronic cough in our case was determined to be of neurogenic origin only after exhaustive investigations failed to reveal a systemic cause, and, in particular, after a positive response to treatment of the hydrocephalus was observed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of hydrocephalus presenting as chronic cough," wrote S. Karatayliozgursoy and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "We believe this case will...

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