[Renal cyst inducing hiccups].

INTRODUCTION

Hiccups are a sudden, irregular and spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm followed by an abrupt closure of the glottis. Besides etiologic treatment, its management is above all symptomatic and based primary on medical treatment.

CASE: We report a case of chronic hiccups associated with an abscessed voluminous renal cyst. Drainage of the cyst resolved the hiccups.

DISCUSSION: Various symptomatic treatments failed because the hiccups were due to irritation of the phrenic nerve by an abscessed renal cyst. This case reminds us that an extensive etiologic work-up may be necessary when symptomatic treatment of hiccups is ineffective.