Persistent periodic hiccups following brain abscess: a case report.
case_report · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Brain Abscess
- Hiccup
- Meningitis, Pneumococcal