[Giant aneurysm of the pulmonary artery: a case report].

Pulmonary artery aneurysm is a rare condition accounting for less than 1% of all intra thoracic aneurysms. This paper reports a case of giant aneurysm of the trunk and branches of the pulmonary artery, which was discovered incidentally on a computed tomography angiogram in a 48-year-old man with a past history of pulmonary tuberculosis. Besides the aneurysm there was dilation of the pulmonary annulus with massive pulmonary regurgitation, a tight mitral stenosis and sequelae of pleural and pulmonary tuberculosis.

[Synovial Osteochondromatosis At The Rheumatology Unit Of The Yaounde Central Hospital].

Synovial osteochondromatosis is a disease characterized by a benign metaplastic cartilaginous proliferation. There are very few studies on synovial osteochondromatosis in Sub Saharan Africa. We report on 10 observations.

Acute pulmonary embolism in the era of multi-detector CT: a reality in sub-Saharan Africa.

Background: The advantages of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) have made it the imaging modality of choice for some patients with suspected cardiothoracic disease, of which pulmonary embolism (PE) is an exponent. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of PE in patients with clinical suspicion of acute PE using MDCT in a sub-Saharan setting, and to describe the demographic characteristics of these patients.

Methods: Consecutive records of patients who underwent MDCT pulmonary angiography for suspected acute PE over a two-year period at the Radiology Department of a university-affiliated hospital were systematically reviewed.

[Prolactinomas in Yaounde: analytical study of 36 consecutive cases followed in the internal medicine department of the Yaounde Hospital from 1990 to 1996].

We analysed the epidemiological, clinical, biological, morphological and therapeutic characteristics of 36 cases of pituitary prolactinomas in Yaoundé, Cameroun. Diagnosis was made on the basis of neuro-ophthalmological, gynaecological and sexual symptoms associated with quantity determinations of prolactinemia, total testosterone and blood oestrogen, folliculo stimulating hormone and luteining hormone. Expected levels of prolactinemia are above 150 micrograms/l.

[Therapeutic management of primary digestive lymphomas at Yaoundé: analysis of a series of 46 cases].

The aim of this study was to identify the principal deficiencies and difficulties associated with the treatment of primary digestive lymphomas at Yaounde. We analyzed the medical records of 46 patients treated at Yaounde General Hospital over a period of 7 years (January 1989 to December 1996). The study population consisted of 24 men (52%) and 22 women (48%), giving a sex ratio of 1.