Nonoprerative management of obstructive jaundice caused by a benign hepatic cyst.
A 64-year-old man with a 9.0 cm benign hepatic cyst near the hepatic hilum presented with obstructive jaundice caused by the compression of the hepatic ducts. The cyst was aspirated percutaneously, and minocycline hydrochloride was instilled as a sclerosant through a catheter inserted into the cyst. The cyst gradually became smaller, relieving the obstructive jaundice. There were no complications or side-effects. The instillation of minocycline hydrochloride is a useful alternative to ethanol instillation for treating benign hepatic cysts, even when the cyst is causing obstructive jaundice.
Ogawa
Masao
M
Department of Gastroenterological and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. m0035881@msic.med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
Kubo
Shoji
S
Uenishi
Takahiro
T
Hirohashi
Kazuhiro
K
Tanaka
Hiromu
H
Shuto
Taichi
T
Yamamoto
Takatsugu
T
Takemura
Shigekazu
S
D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D002404:Catheterization; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008911:Minocycline / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D008911:Minocycline