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Intractable hiccup as the initial presenting feature of systemic lupus erythematosusDepartment of Internal Medicine, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Hôpital G. Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France, idelevaux{at}chu-clermontferrand.fr
Department of Internal Medicine, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Hôpital G. Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Department of Internal Medicine, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Hôpital G. Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Department of Cardiology, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Hôpital G. Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital de la Pitié, Paris, France
Department of Internal Medicine, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Hôpital G. Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France An infarctus of medulla oblongata was discovered in a 44-year old man with an intractable hiccup and 10, 11th and 12th right cranial nerves palsies. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with antiphospholipid syndrome was subsequently diagnosed. Hiccup has withdrew with corticosteroid therapy and low-dose aspirin. The other cases of literature and pathophysiologic hypotheses are briefly reported.
Key Words: antiphospholipid syndrome hiccup systemic lupus erythematosus
Lupus, Vol. 14, No. 5,
406-408 (2005) This article has been cited by other articles:
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