title: [Treatment of non-parasitic splenic cyst with percutaneous injection of alcohol].
abstract: We report a case of a 12-years-old girl treated by percuta-neous injection of a splenic epithelial cyst. Indication was due to the gradual cyst's growth and pain in left hypocondrium. A percutaneous drainage under ultrasonographic view was performed with direct puncture technique, inserting a pigtail catheter into the cyst. After the total aspiration of the contrast, we injected sterile absolute alcohol for 20 minutes. Subsecuently, it was aspirated and the catheter was pulled-out. After a follow up period of more than 4 years, the cyst remains collapsed. There were no complications.
authors.affiliation: Clínica San Rafael. J.M. Pascual Pascual Hospitales, Cadiz.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López Cano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muñoz Benvenuty
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Méndez Pérez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herrera
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ortiz Acero
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Benvenuty Espejo
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000628:therapy*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol