title: Hiccups as a migraine aura.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case series of hiccup as a migraine aura.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Hiccup is a syndrome of inappropriate muscle contraction. To our knowledge, hiccup as a migraine aura has not been reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe series of patients who presented with hiccups as their migraine aura symptom.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hiccups can present as a primary aura symptom in patients with migraine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: Priyanka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chaudhry
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA Deborah.Friedman@UTSouthwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Deborah I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Friedman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006606:Hiccup / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020325:Migraine with Aura / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Aura; hiccups; migraine with brainstem aura