Letter to the Editor
A Good Prognosis of Central Pontine Myelinolysis in a Type II Diabetic Patient
Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is an osmotic demyelination syndrome that is typically associated with hyponatremia or the rapid correction of hypernatremia. The specific mechanism...
Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis Presenting with Duodenal Obstruction and Ascites
Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG) is a rare inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract of unknown aetiology. It is characterised by eosinophilic infiltration of the bowel...
Perforated Colorectal Cancer: An Important Differential Diagnosis in All Presumed Diverticular Abscesses
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most common cancer in Singapore and is also on an increasing trend. Common presenting symptoms of CRC include abdominal...
Re: Dengue Fever Outbreak: Prevention Possible (Author’s Reply)
We thank Dr Ong for his comments on our editorial published in August 2013 titled “Dengue—Old Disease, New Challenges in an Ageing Population”. We...
Dengue Fever Outbreak: Prevention Possible
The editorial written by Jenny GH Low and Eng Eong Ooi published in the August 2013 issue on the changing epidemiology of dengue fever...
Trends Amongst Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients in a Tertiary Cardiac Centre in Singapore from...
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are established therapy for cardiac patients at significant increased risk of sudden cardiac death. The relative risk reduction in mortality...
Acute Coronary Syndrome: Is It the Primary Event or a Secondary Phenomenon?
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a medical emergency which refers to a group of symptoms that occur due to abrupt rupture of atherosclerotic plaque...
Mesothelioma Metastasising to The Sciatic Nerve
Malignant mesothelioma (MME) is a rare primary neoplasm affecting the serosal membranes. Epidemiological studies have shown that incidence in many Western countries has increased...
Nodular Extramedullary Multiple Myeloma: Hepatic Involvement Presenting as Hypervascular Lesions on CT
Multiple myeloma (MM) presenting as nodular liver masses is rare in clinical practice and the literature published thus far has been limited to few...
Refractory Hypoxia in Right Ventricular Infarction
Acute myocardial infarction (MI) involving the right ventricle is a rare event. Right ventricular myocardial infarction (RVMI) is associated with infarction of the inferior...