TITLE:
Intracystic bleeding of a solitary hydatid cyst: A rare complication of a rare disease in central Africa. A case report
AUTHORS:
Ankouane Andoulo Firmin, Ngo Nonga Bernadette, Monabang Catherine, Djapa Roger, Tchoumi Eric, Njoya Oudou, Ndjitoyap Ndam Elie Claude, D. P. McManus, Malonga Eimo
KEYWORDS:
Hydatid Disease; Cyst; Bleeding; Splenectomy
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.2 No.2,
May
24,
2013
ABSTRACT: Splenic cysts are rare lesions and most of them are hydatid
in origin. Hydatid disease is very rare in central Africa although it is
cosmopolitan in North Africa. We are presenting a case of intracystic
bleeding complicated with shock in a rural based Cameroonian and owner of
hunting dogs treated in our university teaching hospital.