Intractable hiccups as a presenting symptom of cerebellar hemangioblastoma: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1107-1110

  Nagayama, Tetsuya ^a   Kaji, Masatomo ^a   Hirano, Hirofumi ^a   Niiro, Masaki ^a   Kuratsu, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem lesion; Hemangioblastoma; Hiccup

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HICCUP; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 2442686692     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.100.6.1107     Document Type: Article

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