title: [Renal cyst inducing hiccups].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hiccups are a sudden, irregular and spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm followed by an abrupt closure of the glottis. Besides etiologic treatment, its management is above all symptomatic and based primary on medical treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of chronic hiccups associated with an abscessed voluminous renal cyst. Drainage of the cyst resolved the hiccups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Various symptomatic treatments failed because the hiccups were due to irritation of the phrenic nerve by an abscessed renal cyst. This case reminds us that an extensive etiologic work-up may be necessary when symptomatic treatment of hiccups is ineffective.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, Hôpital du Perpétuel Secours, Levallois-Perret (93). p.garrigues@hndps.com
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garrigues
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Giovansili
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Villard
authors.forename: Marie-Laurence
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Coquery
authors.forename: Sofiane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bellahouel
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Duc
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Champetier de Ribes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D006606:Hiccup / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography