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• TITLE: Intractable Hiccups, an Unusual Presentation of Renal Cell Carcinoma

  AUTHORS: Isaac Obeng Asiedu, James Edward Mensah, Bernard Toboh, Marian Harrison, Ekins Kuuzie, Matthew Kyei, Yaw Amoah, Kenneth Klufio

  KEYWORDS: Hiccups, Intractable Hiccups, Renal Tumour, Case Report

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Urology, Vol.12 No.5, May 25, 2022

  ABSTRACT: Hiccups are involuntary spasms of the diaphragm with closure of the glottis. This involves a complex neural pathway which includes the phrenic, vagus and the sympathetic pathways, it is usually self-limiting and resolves within a few minutes after onset. Hiccups are described as chronic when it lasts more than 48 hours and intractable when it persists for more than a month. Intractable hiccups are said to have an organic cause in 80% of cases and the remaining 20% psychogenic in origin, Some of the organic causes of intractable hiccups include: liver cancer, adrenal tumours, and kidney tumours. We present a case of right renal cell carcinoma which presented as intractable hiccups and was successfully managed by performing a radical right nephrectomy.