Sažetak. Cilj: prikaz 15-godišnjeg pacijenta upućenog u našu Kliniku radi kroničnog kašlja i ezofagitisa. Prikaz slučaja: petnaestogodišnji mladić patio je od dugotrajnog kašlja uz koji su se javljale i poteškoće gutanja. Dijagnostičkom obradom postavljena je dijagnoza gastroezofagealne refluksne bolesti (engl. gastroesophageal reflux disease, GERD) i patohistološki dokazanog ezofagitisa koji se na provedeno liječenje značajno smanjuju, ali kašalj ostaje nepromijenjen. Pulmološkom i psihijatrijskom obradom postavljena je dijagnoza psihogenog kašlja te je započeto psihoterapijsko liječenje, nakon čega dolazi do smanjenja mladićevih tegoba. Zaključak: GERD se prezentira širokim spektrom ezofagealnih i ekstraezofagealnih simptoma, od kojih je značajan i kronični kašalj, no kašalj druge etiologije poput psihogenog kašlja može biti i uzrok GERD-u, što diferencijalnodijagnostički moramo razmotriti kod pacijenata u kojih medikamentozna terapija nije dovela do poboljšanja.Ključne riječi: ezofagitis; GERD; psihogeni kašalj; psihoterapija Abstract. Aim: To present a 15-year-old patient admitted to our Clinic because of chronic cough and esophagitis. Case report: A 15-year-old boy suffered from chronic cough along with swallowing difficulties. Diagnostic workup was performed and a diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with pathohistologically proven esophagitis was made with significant improvement after completion of therapy, but cough remained unchanged. The boy was examined by a pulmologist and psychiatrist and they made a diagnosis of habitual cough; psychotherapy was started and resulted in improvement of symptoms. Conclusion: GERD presents with a broad spectrum of esophageal and extraeosphageal symptoms with chronic cough as an important one. Nevertheless, a cough from different origin, such as habitual cough, may cause GERD which must be included in differential diagnosis of patients to whom pharmacological treatment failed to help.