Ethanol injection sclerotherapy for Baker's cyst, thyroglossal duct cyst, and branchial cleft cyst.
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.
Fukumoto
K
K
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kojima
T
T
Tomonari
H
H
Kontani
K
K
Murai
S
S
Tsujimoto
F
F
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*
D000431:Ethanol