Persistent periodic hiccups following brain abscess: a case report

P H Jansen; E M Joosten; H M Vingerhoets

doi:10.1136/jnnp.53.1.83

Persistent periodic hiccups following brain abscess: a case report

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1990 Jan;53(1):83-4. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.53.1.83.

Authors

P H Jansen¹, E M Joosten, H M Vingerhoets

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Neurology, St Radboud Hospital, Catholic University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Abscess / complications*
Brain Abscess / diagnosis
Brain Concussion / complications
Electroencephalography
Follow-Up Studies
Frontal Lobe / pathology
Hiccup / etiology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Meningitis, Pneumococcal / complications*
Meningitis, Pneumococcal / diagnosis
Recurrence
Skull Fractures / complications
Temporal Lobe / pathology