Aristophanes's Hiccups and Erotic Impotence

Hydralazine and Male Impotence

CHEST, 78: 2, AUGUST, 1980 edema, pseudocyst formation or development of fibrous penpancreatic adhesions may all lead to obstruction of the intestinal lymphatics as they converge into the root of the mesentery in the region of the uncinate process of the pancreas and cause chylous ascites.’ The association of chylous ascites and chylothorax has been documented.’ Intraperitoneal injection of con...

Sexual Impotence

Hiccups and oesophageal malignancy.

CASE REPORT. A 46year old man presented with a three month history of hiccup, occurring almost daily but associated only with the swallowing of solid food. It usually settled with a glass of water, the longest attack lasting almost thirty minutes. Indeed, it was this attack which precipitated his referral. On careful questioning at the time and retrospectively, he denied any dysphagia whatsoeve...

Hyponatraernia and hiccups

Background. Hiccups are observed in many patients with hyponatraemia. We performed a case-control study to evaluate their association in a referral teaching hospital in South India. Methods. Fifty consecutive patients who developed hiccups during an 18-month period were studied. They were categorized according to age group and diagnosis and controls matched for age and sex were selected from pa...

An uncommon cause of hiccups: sarcoidosis presenting solely as hiccups.

Common causes of hiccups are over-distension of the stomach, a sudden change in gastrointestinal temperature, excessive alcohol and tobacco ingestion, and sudden excitement or emotional changes. Common presenting symptoms of sarcoidosis include cough, dyspnea, and chest pain. It is very rare for a sarcoidosis patient to present with hiccups. A 48-year-old man presented with hiccups of 2 weeks' ...