title: Percutaneous drainage of mediastinal pseudocysts.
abstract: Percutaneous catheter drainage of a mediastinal pseudocyst was performed in two patients. Access was gained through computed tomography (CT)-guided puncture of the abdominal portion of the pseudocyst in one patient, and a transhepatic-subxiphoid approach was used in the other. Guide wires and catheters were advanced into the mediastinal pseudocysts under CT control. Drainage was technically successful in both patients, with no procedure-related complications. Percutaneous drainage is an alternative to the surgical treatment of symptomatic and nonresolving mediastinal pseudocysts, provided that a safe access route can be found.
authors.affiliation: Central Department of Radiodiagnosis, University of Vienna.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Wittich
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Karnel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schurawitzki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jantsch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed