title: Postsurgical large adrenal cyst recurrence: treatment by means of percutaneous alcohol ablation.
abstract: We describe a case of a 28-year-old man who presented with symptomatic, right-sided, large adrenal cyst recurrence 9 months after laparoscopic decortication. Final treatment was achieved by means of percutaneous aspiration and ethanol ablation. On 6-month follow-up the patient was asymptomatic and the cyst remained minimised. In our opinion, percutaneous treatment with alcohol ablation of primary benign symptomatic or recurrent uncomplicated adrenal cysts should be considered as an effective alternative method when patients are frail or surgery fails to resolve the problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Hospital Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hatzidakis
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Hospital Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece.
authors.forename: Androniki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kozana
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Hospital Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Petrakis
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Hospital Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece.
authors.forename: Charalampos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mamoulakis
mesh_terms: D055011:Ablation Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D013396:Suction
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol