[Giant hepatic cyst effectively treated by transdermal transhepatic ethanol injection therapy. A case report].
Giant hepatic cysts were effectively treated by transhepatic ethanol injection therapy. A 68-year-old male and a 70-year-old female were admitted to Kyushu University Hospital because of epigastric fullness. Ultrasound and CT examination disclosed a giant cyst in the left lobe of the liver of both patients. 99% ethanol of about a quarter of volume of the cysts were infused through catheter transdermal. After retaining for 15 minutes the ethanol was discarded and this procedure repeated twice. The cysts have been keeping a minimum size and the patients are free from symptoms for over one year.
Tomitaka
S
S
First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka.
Ishibashi
H
H
Kudo
J
J
Dohmen
K
K
Shimamura
R
R
Niho
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007322:Instillation, Drug; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
D000431:Ethanol