Persistent periodic hiccups following brain abscess: a case report.
Open Access
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 53 (1) , 83-84
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.53.1.83
Abstract
A case is reported of a patient with periodic persistent hiccups and secondary generalised epilepsy lasting for a period of five years following a right temporal brain abscess. The recurring episodes of hiccups had a ten day rhythmicity and unlike epileptic convulsions were unresponsive to treatment.Keywords
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