Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Case Reports

An unexpected diagnosis: Brugada Syndrome in a healthy Kenyan male athlete

In this report, we describe an unexpected finding of Brugada Syndrome (BrS) in a young Kenyan athlete presenting with multiple episodes of syncope. This diagnosis could be the index case of BrS in the country, a diagnosis that is well described in Asia and the West, but rarely in Sub-Saharan Africa. A healthy 25-year-old male patient was referred by his teammate for episodes of syncope while...

Cutaneous rupture of infected carotid artery pseudoaneurysm following neck dissection and radiotherapy for thyroid cancer

We report a case of a 72-year-old man with advanced thyroid cancer who presented with massive neck bleeding from a ruptured infected pseudoaneurysm of the left common carotid artery, following radical neck dissection and radiotherapy. Due to active haemorrhage, tissue infection, and haemodynamic instability, endovascular treatment was contraindicated. Emergency surgical ligation of the left...

A rare case of splenic hematoma after percutaneous drainage of splenic abscess with infective endocarditis

Infective endocarditis with splenic abscesses remains a complex and unusual clinical scenario. We present a rare case of splenic hematoma caused by percutaneous drainage of splenic abscess with infective endocarditis. After antibiotic therapy, mitral valve replacement combined with splenectomy was performed simultaneously. When infective endocarditis is complicated with splenic abscess...