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Pericardial effusion and tamponade in a young woman
A young woman presented to the Singapore General Hospital with a history of cough in the 2 weeks prior. She had no significant past...
Torsades de pointes in a woman presenting with syncope
A 57-year-old woman presented with first onset syncope, which was witnessed by her family members. It occurred in the middle of a conversation and...
An intensely pruritic disseminated skin eruption
A 64-year-old man presented to the dermatology outpatient clinic with a 4-month history of pruritic papules. He had a significant medical history of thyrotoxicosis,...
Putting Together Lesions in the Brain, Retina, Kidney and Pancreas
A 40-year-old Malay lady presented with a 6-month history of headache. She had a past history of a left nephrectomy 6 years ago.
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“Bone Block” and Congenital Spine Deformity
A 14-year-old female who presented with a limited range of neck motion with various congenital vertebral anomalies that included improper segmentation or extensive “fusion”...
Delayed and Extra-pontine Myelinolysis after Osmotic Dysregulation
A 58-year-old Chinese man was admitted because of increasing lethargy and confusion over 4 days. He had been taking hydrochlorthiazide for hypertension and regularly...
Transfusion-dependent Microcytic Anaemia in a 10-year-old Girl
A 10-year-girl from Bangladesh presented with a moderately severe anaemia (lowest recorded haemoglobin level of 5.6 g/dL) and a mild jaundice (latest serum bilirubin,...
Caudal Regression Syndrome
A white female with an uncomplicated history of birth delivery and a familial history of diabetes mellitus presented to the orthopaedic clinic at the...
Cutaneous Sarcoidosis
A 55-year-old Chinese woman presented with a persistent painless lower right lip lesion for a year (Fig. 1). She denied previous tattoos, infections or...
Paediatric perineal skin pit: More than skin deep?
A 2.5-year-old boy was referred to our clinic for abnormal genitalia and a febrile urinary tract infection (Escherichia coli >105 colony-forming units/mL). At birth,...