Case Report on Hiccup and Lateral Medullary Syndrome

Mohamed Hamdy Ibrahim; Alyaa Fadhil; Sameh Saied Ali; Salma Fathy Abdel Kader; Mohamed Khalid; Kiran Kumar; Shivram Kumar; Janhavi Sirsat

doi:10.4236/nm.2015.62010

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Case Report on Hiccup and Lateral Medullary Syndrome ()

Mohamed Hamdy Ibrahim¹, Alyaa Fadhil², Sameh Saied Ali³, Salma Fathy Abdel Kader³, Mohamed Khalid⁴, Kiran Kumar⁴, Shivram Kumar⁵, Janhavi Sirsat⁵

¹Department of Neurology, GMCH & RC, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
²Department of Clinical Pharmacology, GMCH & RC, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
³Department of Radiology, GMCH & RC, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
⁴Department of Internal medicine, GMCH & RC, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
⁵Gulf Medical University (GMU), Ajman, United Arab Emirates.

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Abstract

The case study is aimed at providing a more thorough analysis of a case of lateral medullary syn-drome presented only with persistent hiccup after eating lunch the study hopes to generate an interest for further studies into the topic and focuses on abnormal unusual presentations of lateral medullary syndrome. Ethical committee has approved this case after taking consent from the patient and explaining to him the importance of the case in clinical practice.

Keywords

Hiccup, Lateral Medullary Syndrome, Stroke

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Ibrahim, M. , Fadhil, A. , Ali, S. , Kader, S. , Khalid, M. , Kumar, K. , Kumar, S. and Sirsat, J. (2015) Case Report on Hiccup and Lateral Medullary Syndrome. Neuroscience and Medicine, 6, 58-61. doi: 10.4236/nm.2015.62010.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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