A cough that refuses to go away usually leads doctors to look toward the lungs, throat, or digestive system. Yet one woman's year-long cough turned out to have a much more unusual explanation: an abnormality at the base of her brain.
The 61-year-old woman had been experiencing recurrent coughing episodes for about a year. Her symptoms were particularly noticeable after eating or drinking; however, initial tests for several common causes of chronic cough did not provide an explanation.
