Treatment of Lung Cancer-Related Intractable Hiccups Using Pulsed Radiofrequency: Clinical Experience.
10.14475/kjhpc.2018.21.3.104
- Author:
Suk Ju CHO
1
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea. sukjucho@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hiccup;
Lung neoplasms;
Pulsed radiofrequency treatment;
Ultrasonography
- MeSH:
Diaphragm;
Hiccup*;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms;
Lung*;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Phrenic Nerve;
Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment;
Ultrasonography
- From:Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
2018;21(3):104-107
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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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.
