
Cheong Jack PeinKPJ Pasir Gudang Specialist Hospital · Otorhinolaryngolgy (ENT)
Cheong Jack Pein
MBBS, MS(ORL-HNS)
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July 2015 - present
June 2011 - June 2015
January 2008 - August 2011
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Objective
To determine the factors contributing towards hearing impairment in patients with cleft lip/palate.
Method
A prospective analysis was conducted on 173 patients (346 ears) with cleft lip and palate (CL/P) who presented to the combined cleft clinic at University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) over 12 months. The patients' hearing status was...
Intratonsillar abscesses are not uncommon. The reported incidence of unilateral tonsillar abscess is 5 percent. There have not been any cases of bilateral tonsillar involvement previously reported. The clinical presentation of intratonsillar abscess are similar to peritonsillar abscess. Negative aspiration of pus from a case of intratonsillar absce...
Carcinosarcoma is a highly aggressive and infiltrative tumor. A finding of this tumor in a paranasal sinus is exceedingly rare. We describe the case of a 61-year-old man who presented with a mass on the left side of his face. The mass was excised via a total maxillectomy with a modified radical neck dissection. Histologic analysis identified a mixt...
We conducted a retrospective observational study to determine the spectrum and antibiotic sensitivity pattern of organisms isolated in otorhinolaryngologic (ORL) infections. We reviewed the laboratory culture and sensitivity records of 4,909 patients-2,773 males (56.5%) and 2,136 females (43.5%), aged 2 to 90 years (mean: 45.3 ± 12.6)-who had been...
Otogenic brain abscess and postauricular fistula are complications of chronic suppurative otitis media. We describe a rare case of bilateral chronic suppurative otitis media that caused a left temporal lobe abscess and a right mastoid fistula.
Aural tick usually menisfests as intolerable otalgia. The severity of pain makes the patient to seek early treatment. Other uncommon symptoms include inner ear dyfunctions such as vertigo and tinnitus. The diagnosis is established by clinical examinaion either by otoscopic evidence of the tick itself, or its fecal remnant. We report a case of patie...
A 55-year-old gentleman with schizophrenia presented with right iliac fossa pain of five days du- ration. Abdominal examination revealed a tender and inflamed area in the right iliac fossa with the tip of a foreign body protruding out from the abdominal wall. Abdominal radiograph revealed a long radio-opaque metal object in the right iliac fossa re...
Olfactory neuroblastoma is a rare, slow growing, malignant tumour of neuroectodermal origin that begins in neuroepithelial cells of the olfactory membrane. A metastatic rate of 20% to 60% is reported with the most common site being the cervical lymph node. Other sites include the parotid glands, skin, lungs, bone, liver, orbit, spinal cord and spin...
Introduction: Foreign body ingestion among mentally challenged individuals is common. A thorough examination is very important as the history is almost always unreliable. Objective: To report a case of dual foreign bodies in two separate areas of the body; one in the respiratory and the other one in the alimentary tract. Case summary: A patient wit...