Letter to the Editor
Successful Transcatheter Bioprosthetic Heart Valve Paravalvular Leak Closure: The Role of 3-dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography
This 60-year-old male had rheumatic mitral valve stenosis treated with open mitral valvotomy in 1982, percutaneous transmitral commissurotomy in 2008 and mitral valve replacement...
The Treatment of Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnoea with Mandibular Advancement Appliance
Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a sleep disorder characterised by excessive snoring, periodic breathing with repetitive apnoeas, hypopneas, and frequent arousals leading to...
Acquired Progressive Lymphangioma in a 75-year-old Man at the Site of Surgery 22 Years...
Acquired progressive lymphangioma (APL) is a rare benign lymphatic proliferation, typically arising as a solitary lesion on the trunk and limbs in both children...
Verrucous Carcinoma Arising in a Giant Condyloma Acuminata (Buschke-lowenstein Tumour): Ten-Year Follow-up
Giant condyloma acuminate (GCA) first described by Buschke, also known as Buschke-Löwenstein tumour (BLT), is a slow growing, semi malignant neoplasm of the external...
Repeat Transoesophageal Echocardiogram is Recommended in Endocarditis Patients with Paravalvular Oedema Despite Sensitivity to...
A 39-year-old man with stable aortic regurgitation secondary to congenital bicuspid aortic valve was diagnosed with Streptococcus mitis infective endocarditis with low minimum inhibitory...
Right Atrial Mass: A Diagnostic Dilemma
The differential diagnoses of intracardiac masses include vegetation, thrombus or tumours. Size, shape, location, mobility and attachment of the mass combined with the clinical...
A Case of Acute Methotrexate Toxicity
Methotrexate (MTX) is an anti-metabolite frequently used in the treatment of psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and cancer. Long-term use of methotrexate is associated with hepatic...
Giant Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Face: Role of Radiotherapy
An 83-year-old woman presented with an asymptomatic large cutaneous tumoral lesion on the right temple. She referred it appeared 12 years ago and grew...
Infantile Psoas Abscess
Psoas abscess, a complication of skeletal tuberculosis, is not a well-known phenomenon in infants. In India, 5% of skeletal tuberculosis cases develop psoas abscess...
Exclusive Breastfeeding—All Merits and No Peril?
Severe neonatal hypernatraemia is commonly associated with poor outcomes and several morbidities. Inadequate breastfeeding is an important, yet often overlooked, cause of severe hypernatraemia...