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Summary
While occasional hiccups are normal, their persistent recurrence is distressing and may have an underlying aetiology. Patients with recurrent hiccups may undergo a long journey and see many physicians before the diagnosis is finally made. The purpose of this report is to increase awareness of central nervous system lesions as a possible cause for recurrent hiccups and provide an illustrative case of an otherwise fit man presenting with ongoing hiccups caused by a medullary haemangioblastoma.
- ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology
- gastroenterology
- general practice / family medicine
- brain stem / cerebellum
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Contributors DS: draft, literature review, final manuscript edit, revision. PN: draft, final edit. RN: concept, final edit, overall supervision.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.