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• 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.