Letter to the Editor
Decrease in emergency department attendances during COVID-19 especially in school-going children
Health-seeking behaviour varies during a pandemic. Early reports have suggested reduced attendances at emergency departments (EDs), especially in paediatric patients and in patients with...
Adipsic diabetes insipidus and SGLT2 inhibitor: A perplexing conundrum
A 70-year-old man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and alcohol dependence presented intoxicated, with occipital scalp lacerations after a...
Penile preserving surgery in penile cancer management
Penile cancer is a condition that accounts for approximately 0.4% of cancers among Singapore males. Overall, this is an uncommon cancer with higher rates...
Primary cutaneous umbilical melanoma
A 59-year-old woman with a pre-existing asymptomatic pigmented nevus on the umbilicus for the past 20 years was seen in the outpatient dermatology clinic...
Alternating hemiplegia of childhood presenting as recurrent apnoea in a term newborn infant
Recurrent apnoea in a term infant is usually pathologic, warranting a thorough aetiologic evaluation. An accurate diagnosis is essential in guiding subsequent management and...
Neuro-Behçet’s disease presenting as isolated intracranial hypertension
Behçet’s disease (BD) is a chronic multisystem inflammatory disease with a classic triad of painful oral ulcers, genital ulcers and uveitis. Neurological manifestations, though...
Circulatory collapse from rupture of splenic artery aneurysm: A case study
Splenic artery aneurysms (SAAs) are uncommon and often asymptomatic. However, ruptured SAAs can be rapidly fatal. We reviewed the literature on SAAs and highlighted...