intrathoracic gossypiboma, a retained surgical sponge in the thoracic cavity, is a rare but serious complication of thoracic surgeries. a 70-year-old man presented with an eight-month history of cough. he had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery eight years ago. the posteroanterior chest x-ray revealed a well-marginated homogeneous opacity at the left hemithorax with striped appearance in t...

chronic cough is a common problem in patients visiting physicians and its prevalence in different populations range from 3 to 40%. postnasal drip, asthma and gastroesophageal reflux are the known cause of chronic cough. although diagnosis of asthma is usually made by clinical signs and spirometeric results, methacholine challenge test is a good diagnostic test in patients who show normal physic...

cough is a common reason for seeking medical advices for children. cough is a natural defense mechanism and can frequently occur in healthy children and can be increased by urban living and polluted cities. thus, previous history, cough exacerbations factors and quality of cough are very helpful in diagnosis of pathological cough. there are different definitions for chronic cough. in this artic...

Cough that remains unexplained after basic clinical assessment is a common reason for referral to secondary care. Much of the evidence about management of isolated chronic cough is derived from case series; this evidence suggests that isolated chronic cough is usually due to asthma, gastro-oesophageal refl ux disease, and upper airway conditions, and that it can be cured in most people by treat...

how to cite this article: bidaki r, zarepur e, akrami m, nadi sakhvidi m. functional neurological symptom disorder: mismanagement, misdiagnosis, chronic cough following sexual abuse; a rare case report. iran j child neurol. spring 2016; 10(2):90-92. abstract objective conversion disorder (cd) is a mental disorder in which patient displays neurological symptoms such as blindness, mutism, paralys...