Letter to the Editor
Hypnotherapy: A Forgotten Modality in Managing Chronic Post-Traumatic Upper Limb Pain
Hypnotherapy (and self-hypnosis) alters patients’ perception of pain, thus addressing its psychological and emotional components, which may indirectly influence the physiological response. It is...
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura Associated with Adult Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: Case Report and Review of...
Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is an immunoglobulin (Ig) A–mediated small vessel vasculitis that occurs uncommonly among adults and even more rarely in individuals infected with...
Lyme Neuroretinitis in Singapore: A Diagnostic Dilemma
Neuroretinitis is an inflammatory process of the optic nerve, typically characterised by optic disc oedema and the presence of a macular star. The aetiology...
Spontaneous Cholesterol Crystal Embolism – A Rare Cause of Renal Failure
A 68-year-old male chronic smoker with a history of long standing hypertension presented with a 3-month history of intermittent lower limb claudication, associated with...
Bullous Drug Eruption Secondary to Nicotinic Acid/Laropiprant
Nicotinamide with tetracycline or doxycycline is used in the treatment of bullous pemphigoid. Nicotinamide is used in doses of 1500 to 2000 mg/day in...
Ulceration of the Scalp: Lipogranuloma Induced by Industrial Oils in a Decorator Woman
A lipogranuloma or oleoma is a focus or nodule of foreign-body type granulomatous inflammation, in association with lipid material, usually mineral oil, deposited in...
Laparoscopic Excision of Intrathoracic Oesophageal Duplication Cyst in a Singaporean Adult Male
Oesophageal duplication cysts are rare congenital maldevelopments of the posterior primitive foregut and mostly present in childhood. Patients usually present with dysphagia and sometimes...
Is Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound a Valid Alternative Diagnostic Modality for Renal Cell Carcinoma in...
With readily available cross-sectional imaging, small renal masses are increasingly being detected in asymptomatic individuals, prompting the need for further evaluation to exclude malignancy....
Incidence of Infusion-related Reaction to Monoclonal Antibody Rituximab: A National Kidney and Transplant Institute...
The advent of rituximab to standard therapy dramatically increased the overall survival of CD20 positive oncologic and haematologic malignancies. Incidence of infusion-related reaction to...
An Unusual Case of Rudimentary Uterine Horn Ectopic Pregnancy
The incidence of ectopic pregnancy is approximately 11.1 per 1000 pregnancies. Radiological detection of ectopic pregnancies within the fallopian tubes has always been a...