title: Alcohol sclerosis of a giant liver cyst following failed deroofings.
abstract: Percutaneous alcohol sclerotherapy for simple liver cysts is an established and safe procedure. We report alcohol ablation of a very large (5.5 liters) liver cyst that had failed laparoscopic deroofing procedures twice. The cyst responded to multisession alcohol sclerotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. adib.karam@umassmemorial.org
authors.forename: Adib R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Karam
authors.forename: Caitlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: Urvi
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fulwadhva
authors.forename: Sarwat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hussain
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D000431:Ethanol