Intractable hiccups resolved after resection of a cavernous malformation of the medulla oblongata.
Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, USA.
Bart
B
Thaci
Joseph D
JD
Burns
Ivana
I
Delalle
Thai
T
Vu
Keith G
KG
Davies
D000328:Adult; D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006606:Hiccup / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D020127:Recovery of Function; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology
Brainstem; Cavernoma; Cavernous malformation; Hiccups; Vagus