Giant PICA aneurysm presenting as intractable hiccups.
We report a 23-year-old female with rare intractable hiccups caused by a giant posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) aneurysm compressing the medulla oblongata, which resolved after surgical resection of the aneurysm and decompression of the medulla oblongata. We review the literature on lesions in the posterior fossa presenting as intractable hiccups.
Gambhir
Shanu
S
Department of Neurosurgery, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. shanugambhir@gmail.com
Singh
Amardeep
A
Maindiratta
Bhavna
B
Jaeger
Matthias
M
Darwish
Balsam
B
Sheridan
Mark
M
D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006606:Hiccup / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D055815:Young Adult