title: Ethanol injection sclerotherapy for Baker's cyst, thyroglossal duct cyst, and branchial cleft cyst.
abstract: Six patients with Baker's cysts, 3 with branchial cleft cysts, and 2 with thyroglossal duct cysts were treated with percutaneous aspiration and absolute ethanol sclerotherapy using a 7-French pigtail catheter. Cystography was performed before ethanol injection to confirm that there was no extravasation and that it was a monocystic lesion. One recurrence of a Baker's cyst was revealed in follow-up examinations, which ranged from 11 months to 36 months (mean, 25 months). The major complication of hypoesthesia of the popliteal region was observed in 1 patient treated for Baker's cyst. The results of this series suggest that ethanol sclerotherapy is the treatment of choice for Baker's cyst, branchial cleft cyst, and thyroglossal duct cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomonari
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kontani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murai
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tsujimoto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001935:Branchioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011151:Popliteal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D013955:Thyroglossal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol