RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Persistent periodic hiccups following brain abscess: a case report.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 83
OP 84
DO 10.1136/jnnp.53.1.83
VO 53
IS 1
A1 P H Jansen
A1 E M Joosten
A1 H M Vingerhoets
YR 1990
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/53/1/83.abstract
AB A case is reported of a patient with periodic persistent hiccups and secondary generalised epilepsy lasting for a period of five years following a right temporal brain abscess. The recurring episodes of hiccups had a ten day rhythmicity and unlike epileptic convulsions were unresponsive to treatment.