TY - JOUR
T1 - Hiccups as Herald
T2 - Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
AU - Puri, Akshjot
AU - Chesser, Michael
AU - Chan, Keith
AU - Kharidi, Viswanatha
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Gastrointestinal symptoms were an early harbinger of serious neurologic disease. A 60-year-old man had already endured intractable hiccups for a year when he presented with new right upper extremity paresthesias that had started 1 week earlier. First, he experienced right-sided scalp tenderness with periaural tingling. This progressed to hyperesthesia of the right side of the face and then to hyperesthesia of the right upper extremity. The day prior to admission, he developed weakness of the right upper extremity. He had no weakness in the other extremities, bladder or bowel incontinence, visual disturbances, or weight loss.
AB - Gastrointestinal symptoms were an early harbinger of serious neurologic disease. A 60-year-old man had already endured intractable hiccups for a year when he presented with new right upper extremity paresthesias that had started 1 week earlier. First, he experienced right-sided scalp tenderness with periaural tingling. This progressed to hyperesthesia of the right side of the face and then to hyperesthesia of the right upper extremity. The day prior to admission, he developed weakness of the right upper extremity. He had no weakness in the other extremities, bladder or bowel incontinence, visual disturbances, or weight loss.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.05.005
DO - 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.05.005
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 28599993
AN - SCOPUS:85021214188
SN - 0002-9343
VL - 130
SP - 1055
EP - 1058
JO - American Journal of Medicine
JF - American Journal of Medicine
IS - 9
ER -