Previously-treated nasopharyngeal carcinoma with cystic lesions in the temporal lobe.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a common malignancy in the Asian Chinese population. First-line treatment consists primarily of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, with salvage surgery if recurrence occurs. Patients with this tumours frequently present years after radiotherapy with symptomatic temporal lobe cystic lesions and a diagnostic problem arises.

Review of carotid endarterectomy at Singapore General Hospital.

Aim: To review the outcome of a consecutive series of patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy in a low volume setting.

Design: Retrospective case review.

Patients: During an 11-year period we performed 50 elective carotid endarterectomies on patients with symptomatic severe carotid stenosis: Ages of patients raised from 40 to 87 years (mean 68 years), 88% were Chinese, 6% Malay and 4% Indian.

Is postoperative deep vein thrombosis a problem in neurosurgical patients with brain tumours in Singapore?

Aim: To prospectively establish the incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after cranial procedures in patients with brain tumour in Singapore.

Methodology: Over a period of one year from June 1995 to May 1996, 106 consecutive patients were recruited into the study. All patients undergoing surgery within the period of study were included.