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Intractable Hiccup Due to Multiple Sclerosis: MR Imaging of Medullary Plaque

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Yung-Yee Chang ,
Hsiu-Shen Wu ,
Tsung-Chia Tsai  and
Jia-Shou Liu
Yung-Yee Chang*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology
Hsiu-Shen Wu
Affiliation:
Kaohsiung Medical College and Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung
Tsung-Chia Tsai
Affiliation:
Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung
Jia-Shou Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology
*
Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical College, No. 100, Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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Abstract:

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We describe a 31-year-old man with clinically definite multiple sclerosis who presented with intractable hiccup for one month prior to admission. The responsible lesion was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging to be a plaque in the ventral paramedian portion of the medulla oblongata.

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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , August 1994 , pp. 271 - 272
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1994

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