Letter to the Editor
Phaeochromocytoma the Great Mimicker: A Case Report
Phaeochromocytomas are catecholamine producing neuroendocrine tumours that can manifest a variety of symptoms which mimic other diseases. They are also known for their “rule...
Malignant Syndrome of Two Parkinson Patients due to Withdrawal of Drugs
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is characterised by the impairment of consciousness, high fever, rigidity and autonomic instability. Although originally described in patients taking neuroleptic...
Correspondence Regarding “Epidemiology, Management and Treatment Outcome of Medulloblastoma in Singapore”
We read with some disquiet the article published by your journal entitled “Epidemiology, Management and Treatment Outcome of Medulloblastoma in Singapore” by Chan et...
How Safe is Gemeprost? A Case Report of a Middle-aged Female Developing Acute Myocardial...
Gemeprost is a prostaglandin E1 analogue and has been in use in our institutions to induce uterine contraction for termination of pregnancy and also...
Multifocal Skeletal Tuberculosis Presenting as Multiple Bone Cysts
Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis is rare, and accounts for 10% of all cases of osteoarticular tuberculosis.1 We report one such case for its unusual clinicoradiological...
Stop-smoking Television Advertisements: A Necessary Evil?
On 20 March 2007, Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) ran its first 3-month long smoking control campaign. Its 2-pronged approach began with a multimedia...
Technique Tip for Removing Stuck Partial Threaded Screws
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a condition occurring only during adolescence, when there is rapid growth, during which time there can be a...
Multiple Port-site and Subcutaneous Metastases Following Palliative Laparoscopic Surgery for Advanced Gastric Cancer
Port-site metastasis has been a well-recognised entity in the era of laparoscopy for malignancy since it was first reported in 1978.1 It most often...
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis in Two Indian Brothers – The Inheritance of Slipped Capital...
In the past, the inheritance pattern of slipped capital femoral epiphysis has been considered to be mainly autosomal dominant.1 In certain communities, there appears...
Treatment of a Primary Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Case With Severe Hypoxaemia by Using Segmental...
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare disease characterised by the accumulation of protein-rich liquid in the alveoli. Even though its pathogenesis is unknown,...