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Delayed Hypersensitivity Reaction After Intravenous Glucagon Administered for a Barium Enema: A Case Report
A 74-year-old Chinese woman presented with a 1-week history of an itchy rash on the trunk and legs. A barium enema was performed a...
Ethambutol-associated Optic Neuropathy
Tuberculosis (TB) has been present since ancient times. Around 460 BC, Hippocrates identified phthisis, which is the Greek term for consumption (TB seemed to...
Necrotising Fasciitis and Traditional Medical Therapy – A Dangerous Liaison
The first case was a 54-year-old lady, with a history of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidaemia, who presented with bilateral hand pain and stiffness...
Concurrent Intermediate Uveitis and an Enhancing Intracranial Lesion as the Initial Manifestation of Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis remains an enigmatic disease with protean manifestations. It is a multi-system disorder of unknown cause characterised by an accumulation of T-lymphocytes, mononuclear phagocytes...
Retrobulbar Alcohol Injection for Orbital Pain Relief Under Difficult Circumstances: A Case Report
The management of pain in the orbital region, whether ocular or orbital in origin, is complex and lies at the margins of several subspecialty...
Book Review
In Retinal Vascular Disorders, Dr Mohan and co-authors cover common and important retinal vascular disorders in a series of short chapters which are written...
Vision 2020 and Prevention of Blindness: Is it Relevant or Achievable in the Modern...
This review article considers the universal definition of blindness, the causes of world/global blindness, and ongoing international efforts in blindness prevention. The prospects for...
Mycobacterium-related Ocular Inflammatory Disease: Diagnosis and Management
Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease that has been detected in 3000-year-old Egyptian mummies. Robert Koch’s discovery of the tubercle bacillus as the aetiologic...
Photodynamic Therapy for Choroidal Neovascularisation Secondary to Inflammatory Chorioretinal Disease
Photodynamic therapy using verteporfin (Visudyne, Novartis Ophthalmics) has been proven safe and effective for the treatment of predominantly classic, age-related macular degeneration (AMD)-related subfoveal...
NHG and SingHealth Poster Abstracts
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