Persistent hiccups as a rare complication after transforaminal epidural steroid injection: A Case Report

Agri. 2024 Jan;36(4):266-268. doi: 10.14744/agri.2022.90688.

Abstract

A male patient presented to the clinic with persistent hiccups and the complaint of subacute low back pain. Subsequently, he was administered a transforaminal epidural betamethasone injection (TFESI) plus lidocaine and developed persistent hiccups thereafter, which lasted for 6 days and subsided spontaneously. He presented with similar complaints again 5 months later and was administered TFESI, this time along with betamethasone and saline. Yet, he once again developed persistent hiccups, which this time lasted for 7 days and subsided spontaneously. This case report, featuring a patient who was administered TFESI due to subacute low back pain and subsequently developed persistent hiccups as a rare complication, aims to contribute to the literature in the relevant area of specialization.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Betamethasone* / administration & dosage
  • Betamethasone* / adverse effects
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
  • Glucocorticoids / adverse effects
  • Hiccup* / chemically induced
  • Humans
  • Injections, Epidural / adverse effects
  • Lidocaine / administration & dosage
  • Lidocaine / adverse effects
  • Low Back Pain* / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged

Substances

  • Betamethasone
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Lidocaine