Intractable hiccup due to multiple sclerosis: MR imaging of medullary plaque.
We describe a 31-year-old man with clinically definite multiple sclerosis who presented with intractable hiccup for one month prior to admission. The responsible lesion was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging to be a plaque in the ventral paramedian portion of the medulla oblongata.
Chang
Y Y
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Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan.
Wu
H S
HS
Tsai
T C
TC
Liu
J S
JS
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006606:Hiccup / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology*; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology