An Uncommon Cause of Hiccups: Sarcoidosis Presenting Solely as Hiccups

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 647-650

  Lin, Lien Fu ^a   Huang, Pi Teh ^a  

^a TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration; Hiccups; Mediastinal lymph node; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HICCUP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HICCUP; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 78649918270     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(10)70141-6     Document Type: Article

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