Hiccups and brainstem compression.
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.
Ward
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Department of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216.
Smith
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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*