title: Hiccups and brainstem compression.
abstract: A 70-year-old man presented with a 12-year history of intractable hiccups. Magnetic resonance imaging and cerebral angiography revealed dolichoectasia of the right vertebral artery with compression of the brainstem at the pontomedullary level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D006606:Hiccup / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011312:Pressure; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000473:pathology*