title: Intractable hiccup due to multiple sclerosis: MR imaging of medullary plaque.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: 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