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March 2013

SMA Lecture

Euthanasia: a matter of life or death?
Menon S
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): 116-128; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013043

Medicine in Stamps

Marie Curie (1867-1934): Famed female face of Science
Poole PS, Tan SY
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): 129-130; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013042

Practice Integration & Lifelong Learning

Cytochrome P450 drug interactions with statin therapy
Goh XW, How CH, Tavintharan S
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): 131-135; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013044

Original Article

Comparison of risk of malignancy indices in evaluating ovarian masses in a Southeast Asian population
Ong C, Biswas A, Choolani M, Low JJ
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): 136-139; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013046
A prospective comparison of chronic primary angle-closure glaucoma versus primary open-angle glaucoma in Singapore
Ngo CS, Aquino MC, Noor S, Loon SC, Sng CC, Gazzard G, Wong WL, Chew PT
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): 140-145; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013049
Sleeping posture and intraocular pressure
Wong MH, Lai AH, Singh M, Chew PT
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): 146-148; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013050
Variations in the posterior division branches of the mandibular nerve in human cadavers
Balaji T, Sharmila Saran R, Vaithianathan G, Aruna S
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): 149-151; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013051
Greater palatine foramen - key to successful hemimaxillary anaesthesia: a morphometric study and report of a rare aberration
Sharma NA, Garud RS
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): 152-159; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013052
Incidence of hydronephrosis in severe uterovaginal or vault prolapse
Wee WW, Wong HF, Lee LC, Han HC
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): 160-162; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013048
Cervical screening uptake and its predictors among rural women in Malaysia
Gan DE, Dahlui M
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): 163-168; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013047
Lifetime cost-effectiveness analysis of ticagrelor in patients with acute coronary syndromes based on the PLATO trial: a Singapore healthcare perspective
Chin CT, Mellstrom C, Chua TS, Matchar DB
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): 169-175; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013045

CME Answers

January 2013 CME Answers
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): 175

Pictorial Essay

Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings
Choong CC, Venkatesh SK, Phadke RV
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): 176-181; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013053

Case Report

A case of linear morphoea mistaken for reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Thng TG, Wong KY
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): e50-e52; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013057
An uncommon case of haemorrhagic enteric fever treated successfully with super-selective embolisation using polyvinyl alcohol particles and coils
Lim WY, H'ng M, Punamiya SJ
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): e53-e55; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013058
A rare case of obstructive azoospermia due to compression of the seminal vesicle and ejaculatory duct by a large lower ureteric stone
Ranjan P, Yadav A, Kapoor R, Singh R
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): e56-e58; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013054
Tubercular lesion of the foot presenting as epithelioma
Sahoo SP, Misra J, Subudhi SK, Panda AK
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): e59-e61; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013061
Difficult intubation in a patient with vallecular cyst
Kothandan H, Ho VK, Chan YM, Wong T
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): e62-e65; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013059
Endogenous lipoid pneumonia associated with Legionella pneumophilaserogroup 1
Hui CK
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): e66-e67; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013056
Rare occurrence of bilateral breast and peritoneal metastases from osteogenic sarcoma
Chan RS, Kumar G, Vijayananthan A
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): e68-e71; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.11622/smedj.2013060
p.Ser252Trp and p.Pro253Arg mutations in FGFR2 gene causing Apert syndrome: the first clinical and molecular report of Indonesian patients
Mundhofir FE, Sistermans EA, Faradz SM, Hamel BC
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(3): e72-e75; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2013055