[Renal cyst inducing hiccups].
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.
Garrigues
Philippe
P
Service de médecine interne, Hôpital du Perpétuel Secours, Levallois-Perret (93). p.garrigues@hndps.com
Giovansili
Bertrand
B
Villard
Florence
F
Coquery
Marie-Laurence
ML
Bellahouel
Sofiane
S
Duc
Philippe
P
Champetier de Ribes
Dominique
D
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