Publications by authors named "B Choy"

Nipah virus disease is a bat-borne zoonosis with person-to-person transmission, a case-fatality rate of 38-75%, and well recognised potential to cause a pandemic. The first reported outbreak of Nipah virus disease occurred in Malaysia and Singapore in 1998, which has since been followed by multiple outbreaks in Bangladesh and India. To date, no therapeutics or vaccines have been approved to treat Nipah virus disease, and only few such candidates are in development.

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Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) have been implemented in various medical specialties, and the Pathology National EPA Working Group has piloted the implementation of four pathology EPAs. We recently published the development of EPAs within our surgical pathology rotation. Following a six-month pilot, a survey demonstrated that faculty and residents found the forms helpful and easy to use and easy to understand, and EPAs have been fully incorporated into our surgical pathology rotation.

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Introduction: Renal cell neoplasms are known to be associated with paraneoplastic syndromes, and the association with Castleman-like regional lymphadenopathy has been rarely reported. We aim to characterize the association between renal neoplasms and Castleman-like lymphadenopathy.

Methods: A search for renal neoplasms with concurrent Castleman-like lymphadenopathy in one single medical institution from 2000 to 2023 resulted in 4 specimens.

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