Th e synonym for traumatic bone cyst (TBC) is solitary bone cyst, idiopathic bone cyst and is characterized as the presence of infectious bony cavity fi lled with fl uid and litt le quantities of tissue with no lining of epithelium. Typically these lesions show no symptoms and are detected coincidently while performing routine radiographic investigation for another purpose for which the patient...

In the past few years, great improvements have been made to achieve local tumour control of primary liver malignancies and liver metastases. For hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE) and tumour ablation techniques, including percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI), radiofrequency ablation (RF), and laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) have been developed...

Methods and Materials: 278 consecutive patients 28 to 84 years of age (mean 59 y) with a total of 822 liver metastases were treated with MR-guided LITT under local anesthesia. 533 liver metastases of colorectal cancer (175 patients), 126 liver metastases of breast cancer (48 patients) and 163 metastases of a variety of other primary tumors (55 patients) were treated with a total of 2138 laser a...

1 Military Medicine Institute SAF, Singapore 2 Psychological Care Centre SAF, Singapore Address for Correspondence: Dr Leonard Yeo Leong Litt, Military Medicine Institute, 27 Medical Drive, #08-01, DSO (Kent Ridge) Building, Singapore 117510. Email: [email protected] Schizophrenia – a mind torn asunder – is a difficult illness to live with, both for the patient as well as for the caregiver...