2022
DOI: 10.4314/aamed.v15i1.11
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Difficulté de la prise en charge de l’accident de décompression : à propos d’un cas vécu au Cameroun

Abstract: Decompression illness is a rare complication of scuba diving. We report the case of a 29-year-old military man who was admitted to Emergency Department of General Hospital Douala a few minutes after a diving exercise, with complete dysphagia, dysphonia, rotatory vertigo, gait and balance disorder, and severe neck pain radiating along the back. After an emergency treatment, check-ups revealed a cerebral-medullary infarction which confirms the diagnosis of severe decompression sickness. In the lack of hyperbaric… Show more

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