Intractable hiccups in transplanted patients may be caused by various medical conditions including infections. We report a case of a 44-year-old man who suffered from intractable hiccups after cadaveric kidney transplantation. We identified 3 different hiccup periods with different causes: 1) steroid and anesthetics use, 2) severe ulcerose herpetic and mycotic esophagitis, and 3) pleuropneumoni...

No attempt was made to extirpate the cyst, because of its intimate relationship with important structures and the extremely feeble condition of the patient. The margins being stitched on to the abdominal incision, the tumour was simply drained. There was no marked change in the patient's condition. He continued to vomit and to hiccup, and his pulse was thready as before. Rectal alimentation was...

Pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema generally occurs following trauma to the esophagus or lung. It also occurs spontaneously in such situations of elevating intra-thoracic pressure as asthma, excessive coughing or forceful straining. We report here on the rare case of a man who experienced the signs of pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema after a prolonged bout of intractable h...

Since its introduction in the 1980s, non-invasive ultrasound technology has developed rapidly, replacing grainy images with high-resolution video of every heartbeat, yawn, and hiccup. In contrast, wholegenome sequencing of fetal DNA is truly in its infancy. The hurdles are numerous, involving the identification of a non-invasive technique to access fetal DNA and the ability to sequence the feta...