title: [Transrectal ultrasound-guided puncture and anhydrous alcohol sclerotherapy for Müllerian duct cyst].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the effect of anhydrous alcohol sclerotherapy following transrectal ultrasound-guided puncture in the treatment of Mülllerian duct cyst.
  
  
  METHODS
  Totally 44 patients with Müllerian duct cyst underwent transrectal ultrasound-guided puncture and sclerotherapy, 21 injected with anhydrous alcohol of half the volume of the aspirated cystic fluid followed by aspiration of all the fluid 5 minutes later (treatment group) , and the other 23 treated by cystic fluid aspiration only (control group). The clinical effects of the two methods were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The response rate and cure rate were 80.95 and 52.38% in the treatment group, as compared with 56.52 and 26.09% in the control (P < 0.001). No adverse events were observed in either of the two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transrectal ultrasound-guided puncture and anhydrous alcohol sclerotherapy is a safe and effective approach to the treatment of Mülllerian duct cyst.
authors: Department of Ultrasound and Imaging, The Third Hospital of Wuhan, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, China. lotuszhou@21cn.com
authors: Tao
authors: T
authors: Zhou
authors: Cui-Lan
authors: CL
authors: Chen
authors: Ke
authors: K
authors: Chen
authors: Xiang-Dong
authors: XD
authors: Wang
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000628:therapy*; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009095:Mullerian Ducts; D012007:Rectum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D013396:Suction / Q000379:methods*