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An Unusual Case of Cutaneous Vasculitis
A 49-year-old Chinese man presented at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital with painful gangrene of the right second and left third and fourth toes...
A Case Report of Aspergillus Hypersensitivity Syndrome with Obstructing Bronchial Aspergillosis
The spectrum of pulmonary aspergillosis includes saprophytic colonisation, hypersensitivity syndromes and invasive lung disease. There has been a tendency to classify these syndromes as...
Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome—Report of Three Cases
Sleep-related breathing disorders are widely recognised as important causes of morbidity and mortality over the past 3 decades. The obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS)...
10th Chapter of Surgeons’ Lecture: The Challenges in Surgery—Past, Present and Future, and in...
Firstly may I thank the Academy of Medicine and the Chapter of Surgeons for giving me this great privilege and honour to deliver the...
Opening Address by Dr Chee Yam Cheng, Master, Academy of Medicine, Singapore at the...
It is a pleasure to be present with you all at your 33rd Annual Combined Surgical Meeting for 1999 with less than 60 days...
Muscle Dysmorphia in a Young Chinese Male
In 1891, Morselli described “dysmorphophobia” in 78 patients who were severely miserable, preoccupied and distressed by perceived deformities. The word “dysmorphia” in Greek means...
Pseudomembranous Colitis in a Patient Treated with Paclitaxel for Carcinoma of the Breast: A...
Paclitaxel was discovered in 1963 as a crude extract from the bark of the pacific yew Taxus brevifolia. Since its development, a range of...
Active Management of a Patient with Endstage Pulmonary Emphysema Using Lung Volume Reduction Surgery...
A 65-year-old Chinese man with a 30-pack year history of cigarette smoking was referred to our institution for further management of chronic obstructive pulmonary...
Case Reports of Nocardiosis in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection
Nocardiosis is an infection caused by a soil-borne aerobic filamentous bacterium in the genus Nocardia and the order Actinomycetales. Within the genus Nocardia, N....
Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus: Our Local Experience
Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) is related to the transplacental passage of anti-Ro antibodies from mother to foetus. The commonest manifestations involve the skin and...