Beyond persistent hiccups. A case report

Authors

  • S Pérez-Pinto Servicio de Medicina Interna. Complejo Asistencial de Ávila. Ávila. Spain
  • MT Tolmos-Estefanía Servicio de Medicina Interna. Complejo Asistencial de Ávila. Ávila. Spain
  • M Otero-Soler Servicio de Medicina Interna. Complejo Asistencial de Ávila. Ávila. Spain
  • M Escamilla-Espínola Servicio de Medicina Interna. Complejo Asistencial de Ávila. Ávila. Spain
  • I Sanz-Gallego Servicio de Neurología. Complejo Asistencial de Ávila. Ávila. Spain

Keywords:

hiccup, neuromyelitis optica, Devic disease, NMO-IgG

Abstract

A 69-year-old man, after several emergency medical care admissions, and one admission to Internal Medicine Service for persistent hiccup, was been discharged without conclusive results. After 48 hours, patient showed lower limb paraesthesia and hypaesthesia, finding in physical exams pyramidalism with positive Babinski reflex and sensitive level at D5. Myelography is performed finding out extensive cervical-thoracic myelitis, indeed neuromyelitis optica is diagnosed, confirmed by the presence of the anti-aquaporin-4 antibody in blood test. Therefore, this case shows one possible atypical presentations of neuromyelitis optica.

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Published

2016-06-30

How to Cite

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Pérez-Pinto S, Tolmos-Estefanía M, Otero-Soler M, Escamilla-Espínola M, Sanz-Gallego I. Beyond persistent hiccups. A case report. Rev Esp Casos Clin Med Intern [Internet]. 2016 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];1:64-6. Available from: https://www.reccmi.com/RECCMI/article/view/768