Ethanol injection sclerotherapy for Baker's cyst, thyroglossal duct cyst, and branchial cleft cyst.

Abstract

Six patients with Baker's cysts, 3 with branchial cleft cysts, and 2 with thyroglossal duct cysts were treated with percutaneous aspiration and absolute ethanol sclerotherapy using a 7-French pigtail catheter. Cystography was performed before ethanol injection to confirm that there was no extravasation and that it was a monocystic lesion. One recurrence of a Baker's cyst was revealed in follow-up examinations, which ranged from 11 months to 36 months (mean, 25 months). The major complication of hypoesthesia of the popliteal region was observed in 1 patient treated for Baker's cyst. The results of this series suggest that ethanol sclerotherapy is the treatment of choice for Baker's cyst, branchial cleft cyst, and thyroglossal duct cyst.

• Authors: K Fukumoto, T Kojima, H Tomonari, K Kontani, S Murai, F Tsujimoto
• Journal: Annals of plastic surgery (Ann Plast Surg) Vol. 33 Issue 6 Pg. 615-9 (Dec 1994) ISSN: 0148-7043 [Print] United States
• PMID: 7880052 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Ethanol

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Branchioma (diagnostic imaging, therapy)
• Ethanol (administration & dosage)
• Female
• Head and Neck Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, therapy)
• Humans
• Injections
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Popliteal Cyst (diagnostic imaging, therapy)
• Radiography
• Recurrence
• Sclerotherapy
• Thyroglossal Cyst (diagnostic imaging, therapy)