title: Ethanol sclerotherapy for symptomatic simple renal cysts.
abstract: Twenty-eight patients with 30 symptomatic simple renal cysts were treated by percutaneous aspiration of the cyst and injection of 95% ethanol. All patients were available for follow-up during mean period of 19 (range 14-40) months. In all patients, successful resolution of the cyst with disappearance of the symptoms was observed within 1 month after treatment. During the whole period of follow-up, no patient experienced recurrence of symptoms or required repeat therapy. Of all renal cysts treated, resolution was complete in 25 (83%) and partial (recurrence of < 50% of original cyst volume with no symptoms) in 5 (17%). The degree of response to sclerotherapy (whether complete or partial) correlated significantly with cyst size (P > 0.0008). Major complications were not encountered, while microscopic hematuria was seen in two patients, and low-grade fever was observed in another two. Ethanol sclerotherapy is simple, noninvasive, and highly cost-effective and should be recommended for the treatment of symptomatic simple renal cysts.
authors.affiliation: Urology & Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Egypt.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: el-Diasty
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Shokeir
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Tawfeek
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Mahmoud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nabeeh
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ghoneim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014567:Urography
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol