[Liver cyst sclerotherapy: report of a case and review of the literature]

Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam. 1999;29(3):101-5.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We present a case of a 49-year-old woman with a single hepatic symptomatic cyst. We performed US and CT examinations for correct diagnostic purposes and we approached it with a 18 G Chiba neddle. There after a 6 F "pig tail" catheter was inserted using Seldinger's method and after performing a cystography 95% ethilic alcohol was instilled within a 48 hs period. The third day the patient was discharged with no complication. The control examination revealed no cyst what suever four months later.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Catheterization
  • Cysts / diagnosis
  • Cysts / therapy*
  • Ethanol / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases / diagnosis
  • Liver Diseases / therapy*
  • Middle Aged
  • Sclerosing Solutions / therapeutic use*
  • Sclerotherapy*

Substances

  • Sclerosing Solutions
  • Ethanol