A 45-year-old Singaporean was seen for review by a nephrologist at a restructured hospital. She had been on follow up by a private nephrologist for management of chronic renal failure (CRF) due to diabetes mellitus. This article is available only as a PDF. Please click on “Download PDF” on top...

A review of the epidemiology and trends of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Singapore from 1977 to 1996 showed a declining number of all STIs notified in Singapore from 22,427 in 1978 to 5570 in 1996, with the 20-to-29 years age group consistently accounting for the highest proportion of...

There has been increasing interest in building surveillance systems capable of detecting outbreaks of infectious diseases, at the stage where clinical presentation would still be undifferentiated. The thrust of such systems is to detect both intentionally induced and naturally occurring outbreaks in their earliest stages, and if possible, at...

The histopathology of salivary gland tumours is extremely varied and complex. Amongst the epithelial neoplasms alone, at least 9 different adenomas and 17 different carcinomas are recognised. This article is available only as a PDF. Please click on “Download PDF” on top to view the full article.

The prevalence of absence of the palmaris longus (PL) has been extensively studied following the first report of its absence in 1559 by Colombos in De Re Anatomica Libri. It is well known that there is a wide variation in the reported prevalence of PL absence in different ethnic...