Persistent hiccups and Horner's syndrome in a case of primary CNS lymphoma with diffuse cerebral, hypothalamic and lateral brainstem involvement - An exercise in clinical neuroanatomy
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.09.061
Persistent hiccups and Horner's syndrome in a case of primary CNS lymphoma with diffuse cerebral, hypothalamic and lateral brainstem involvement - An exercise in clinical neuroanatomy
Abstract
We present a case of a 42-year-old male presenting with persistent hiccups and a Horner's syndrome, among other symptoms and signs of hypothalamic and brainstem dysfunction. He had a biopsy-proven diffuse infiltrative large primary CNS B-cell lymphoma involving the left fronto-temporal hemisphere, diencephalon and brainstem. The aim of this case report is to highlight key clinical and neuro-anatomical correlations that bring light to the art of the clinical examination.
Keywords: Brainstem; Horner’s syndrome; Hypothalamus; Persistent hiccups; Pons; primary CNS lymphoma.
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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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