Persistent Hiccups as atypical presentation of COVID-19: a Case Report

Abstract

The recent outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 has become pandemic since it began in late 2019. Typical symptoms include cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever, myalgia and sore throat. There are other unusual or atypical presentations of COVID-19 in ORL practice. We report a 64-year-old male patient presenting with hiccups as the only symptom. Chest x-ray ray revealed new ground-glass opacities in both lung fields and he was found to be COVID-19 positive by RT-PCR. Early recognition of the COVID-19 atypical presentations by the Otolaryngologist facilitates subsequent management and case isolation to eliminate the risk of viral transmission.