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Hiccups and Brainstem Compression
Author(s) -
Ward Brad A.,
Smith Robert R.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/jon199443164
Subject(s) - medicine , hiccups , brainstem , vertebral artery , magnetic resonance imaging , compression (physics) , radiology , magnetic resonance angiography , angiography , surgery , materials science , composite material
A 70‐year‐old man presented with a 12‐year history of intractable hiccups. Magnetic resonance imaging and cerebral angiography revealed dolichoectasia of the right vertebral artery with compression of the brainstem at the pontomedullary level.