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The Sixth SGH Lecture—Singapore: A New Venice of the 21st Century
Venice is one of the legendary cities of the world. Its beauty and physical setting make Venice unique. For almost 800 years, from 1000...
Citation on Professor Tommy Koh
Professor Tommy Koh was born on 12 November 1937 in Singapore. He was educated at Outram School from 1949 to 1951, followed by Raffles...
Sudden Profound Hypoxaemia in the Intensive Care Unit—A Case Report
Significant arterial hypoxaemia is defined as a partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) that is less than 60 mmHg or a percentage of oxyhaemoglobin (%...
Hyperthyroidism with Gynaecomastia as the Initial Complaint: A Case Report
Gynaecomastia is not a commonly recognised feature among the myriad symptoms and signs associated with hyperthyroidism. A review of the literature disclosed only eight...
Rosai-Dorfman Disease with Primary Cutaneous Manifestations—A Case Report
In 1969, Rosai and Dorfman first described a newly recognised benign systemic histioproliferative disease characterised clinically by bilateral striking cervical lymphadenopathy, fever, leukocytosis, and...
The Alien Hand Sign–Case Report and Review of the Literature
The alien hand sign or “strange hand sign”, first coined by Brion and Jedynak in 1972, refers to a feeling that the hand is...
Simultaneous Transcatheter Valvuloplasty and Amplatzer Septal Occlusion for Pulmonary Valvar Stenosis and Secundum Atrial...
Congenital pulmonary valvar stenosis (PVS) and secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) are relatively common forms of congenital heart disease (CHD). Since the first successful...
A Case of Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in Benign Nasal Polyps
Our patient was a 39-year-old Chinese man with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) presenting initially with right upper cervical lymphadenopathy. He was treated primarily with a...
A Case Report of Atasoy Antenna Procedure
The hook nail deformity is a relatively common problem after fingertip amputations. It is usually ignored but can be quite disabling.
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Thoracoscopic Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report
Total thymectomy is the established surgical therapeutic method for generalised myasthenia gravis. Several approaches are used for the surgical removal of the thymus and...