Alcohol sclerosis of a giant liver cyst following failed deroofings

Percutaneous alcohol sclerotherapy for simple liver cysts is an established and safe procedure. We report alcohol ablation of a very large (5.5 liters) liver cyst that had failed laparoscopic deroofing procedures twice. The cyst responded to multisession alcohol sclerotherapy.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of radiology case reports 2011, Vol.5 (2), p.19-22
Hauptverfasser:	Karam, Adib R, Connolly, Caitlin, Fulwadhva, Urvi, Hussain, Sarwat
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cysts - pathology Cysts - therapy Ethanol - therapeutic use Female Humans Interventional Radiology Liver Diseases - pathology Liver Diseases - therapy Middle Aged Recurrence Sclerosing Solutions - therapeutic use Sclerotherapy - methods Treatment Failure
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Zusammenfassung:	Percutaneous alcohol sclerotherapy for simple liver cysts is an established and safe procedure. We report alcohol ablation of a very large (5.5 liters) liver cyst that had failed laparoscopic deroofing procedures twice. The cyst responded to multisession alcohol sclerotherapy.
ISSN:	1943-0922 1943-0922
DOI:	10.3941/jrcr.v5i2.634