Renal cysts: treatment with alcohol.
Thirty-four benign renal cysts in 29 patients were treated with 95% ethanol during diagnostic aspiration with a 4.6 French pigtail catheter. All were followed by ultrasound from 3 to 30 months. There was one recurrence at three months. Minor complications of hematuria and temperature elevation were no more prevalent than with diagnostic aspiration alone. There were no major complications.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D014463:Ultrasonography
D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D000431:Ethanol