Lung Ultrasonography for COVID-19 Patients in Out of Hospital Settings.

Purpose: The portability of a hand-held ultrasound allows the health care worker to conduct lung ultrasound in out-of-hospital setting. It is used as a tool to conduct staging and triaging for COVID-19 patients. This study evaluated the utilization of lung ultrasound in an out-of-hospital setting versus chest x-rays in detecting and staging of COVID-19 patients with pneumonia.

A case report on a protracted course of a hidden insulinoma.

Introduction: Insulinoma is a functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor primarily leading due to hypoglycemia due to hypersecretion of insulin. This case illustrates the real challenges faced in the detection of an occult insulinoma, which resulted in a protracted course of the disease.

Case Presentation: A 33-year-old female presented with recurrent hypoglycemia.

Experience repatriation of citizens from epicentre using commercial flights during COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries instituted closure of borders from international and local travels. Stranded citizens appeal to their governments to embark on citizen repatriation missions. Between February and April 2020, the Government of Malaysia directed repatriation of its citizens from China, Iran, Italy and Indonesia.

Methanol outbreak: a Malaysian tertiary hospital experience.

Introduction: Methanol poisoning usually occurs in a cluster and initial diagnosis can be challenging. Mortality is high without immediate interventions. This paper describes a methanol poisoning outbreak and difficulties in managing a large number of patients with limited resources.

Cardiac A-lines in fast scan as a sign of pneumopericardium.

Background: Traumatic pneumopericardium is rare and usually results from blunt injury. Diagnosis through clinical and chest X-ray is often difficult. Ultrasound findings of A-line artifacts in the cardiac window may suggest pneumopericardium.

A Rare Case of Retropharyngeal Hibernoma.

Hibernoma is a slow growing, rare benign tumour, which derived from brown adipose tissue. This tumour is usually found in the area where foetal fat persists such as back, axilla, retro peritoneum and thorax. Hibernoma rarely occurs in the retro pharynx.

Colon cancer recurrence mimicking renal cell carcinoma.

No abstract available.

A ten-year retrospective analysis of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) in Malaysia.

Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP- nETs) are rare neoplasms with a complex spectrum of presentation. The study cohort (n=64) included the diagnoses of carcinoid, (n=26, 41%), insulinoma, (n=25, 39%), undetermined (n=10, 16%), VIPoma, glucagonoma and multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEn-1) (n= 3). Almost half of the patients (n=31) had distant metastasis at diagnosis, the commonest being carcinoid tumours.