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Microvascular decompression for intractable singultus

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 2016Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, volume 32, pages 120-122 (issn: 0967-5868,

Authors: Toru Hatayama; Hiroyuki Kon; Taigen Nakamura; Atsushi Saito; Tatsuya Sasaki;

doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.12.038

pmid: 27335312

Microvascular decompression for intractable singultus

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Abstract

Intractable singultus due to cerebrovascular disease is very rare. We report a case of intractable singultus that improved after microvascular decompression and present a literature review. The patient was a 58-year-old man with a 30-year history of persistent singultus. Its frequency and duration gradually increased and it was resistant to multiple medical treatments. Microvascular decompression to relieve pressure on the anterolateral surface of the lower medulla oblongata from the vertebral artery resulted in the resolution of singultus. Patients with intractable idiopathic singultus who fail to respond to medical therapy need to be considered for the evaluation of cerebrovascular diseases and microvascular decompression.

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Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital
Japan

Keywords

Male, Medulla Oblongata, Treatment Outcome, Humans, Middle Aged, Vertebral Artery, Hiccup, Microvascular Decompression Surgery

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