title: Giant PICA aneurysm presenting as intractable hiccups.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. shanugambhir@gmail.com
authors.forename: Shanu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gambhir
authors.forename: Amardeep
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Bhavna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maindiratta
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: Balsam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Darwish
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sheridan
mesh_terms: 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