Treatment of Lung Cancer-Related Intractable Hiccups Using Pulsed Radiofrequency: Clinical Experience / 한국호스피스완화의료학회지
Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
;
: 104-107, 2018.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-717172
ABSTRACT
While most benign hiccups can be controlled with empirical therapy, intractable hiccups lasting longer than one month tend to have significant adverse effects with obscure etiology. Treatment strategies for intractable hiccups have not been established. Only a few sporadic cases of bilateral phrenic nerve blockage have been reported. Here, we report a case of intractable hiccups that lasted five weeks in a 56-year-old male patient with a lung cancer above the right diaphragm. We hypothesized that his intractable hiccups were caused by irritation and mass effect caused by the lung cancer. We performed an ultrasound-guided right unilateral phrenic nerve pulsed radiofrequency treatment, and the patient's intractable hiccups were successfully managed without complication.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Phrenic Nerve
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Diaphragm
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Ultrasonography
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Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment
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Hiccup
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Lung
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Lung Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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