[Treatment of non-parasitic splenic cyst with percutaneous injection of alcohol].
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.
López Cano
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Clínica San Rafael. J.M. Pascual Pascual Hospitales, Cadiz.
Muñoz Benvenuty
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Méndez Pérez
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C
Herrera
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M
Ortiz Acero
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I
Benvenuty Espejo
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R
D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000628:therapy*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000628:therapy*
D000431:Ethanol