Letter to the Editor
Prognostic Significance of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C in Systemic Malignancies besides Non-Small Cell...
The recent article by Chen et al was highly interesting. Interestingly, the past few years have seen the emergence of vascular endothelial growth factor...
Mixed Multilocular Ectopic Thymic Cyst with Parathyroid Element Presenting as Neck Mass
Thymus and inferior parathyroids usually develop from the third pharyngeal pouch around the sixth foetal week. The inferior parathyroids separate from the thymic tissue...
Primary Intraventricular Lymphoma with Diffuse Leptomeningeal Spread at Presentation
Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is a rare tumour accounting for 4% of all brain neoplasms. In immunocompetent patients, it tends to present...
Arthroscopic and Magnetic Resonance Images of an Inferiorly Displaced Meniscal Flap Tear
The menisci are important tissues in the healthy knee due to their shock absorption and load distribution properties. Meniscal tears are important clinically due...
Reverse Takotsubo Pattern Stress Cardiomyopathy in a Male Patient Induced during Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography
Stress cardiomyopathy occurs mainly in females and in the typical Takotsubo pattern of left ventricular dysfunction. We report a rare case of stress cardiomyopathy...
Beyond Diabetes Mellitus: Close Pathological Association of Mutations of the KCNQ1 Gene with Other...
I read with great interest the recent article by Sai fet al in a recent issue of your esteemed journal. The article is highly...
Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Services in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
Hospitalisation, especially for a tobacco-related illness, may render patients to be more receptive to smoking cessation efforts by increasing their perceived vulnerability. The hospital...
Once-Daily-Dosing Intramuscular Gentamicin in Neonates
Aminoglycosides with beta-lactam antibiotics remain the first-line therapy in neonatal septicaemia, effective against aerobic, gram-negative organisms, with synergy against some gram-positive organisms. Aminoglycosides exhibit...
An Under-Recognized Cause of Polyarthritis: Leprosy
Polyarthritis is an uncommon manifestation of leprosy. We describe a case initially diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, leading to delayed treatment.
A 57-year-old Indonesian Chinese gentleman...
Infantile Scurvy Masquerading as Bone Tumour
Scurvy, a disease of dietary ascorbic acid deficiency, is uncommon today. It is occasionally described in individuals with restrictive nutrition due to psychiatric neuromuscular...