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Percutaneous treatment of a huge congenital splenic cyst in a 23-year-old man is presented. The cyst had been catheterized and drained two times within a 3-month period without injecting any sclerosing agent into the cavity. On the third attempt, catheter drainage and injection of alcohol into the cyst cavity were performed because of insufficient response to drainage alone. He was discharged symptom-free after the procedure. The cyst diminished in size considerably 9 months after the treatment with alcohol. The volume of the cyst was reduced from 5200 to 8 ml. Although percutaneous treatment of a congenital splenic cyst with tetracyclin has been reported, to our knowledge this is the first case of a congenital splenic cyst treated with alcohol as a sclerosing agent. Percutaneous treatment of splenic cyst can obviate the need for partial or total splenectomy and may be an alternative to surgical treatment.
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Received 14 June 1996; Revision received 10 October 1996; Accepted: 9 December 1996
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Akhan, O., Baykan, Z., Oğuzkurt, L. et al. Percutaneous treatment of a congenital splenic cyst with alcohol: a new therapeutic approach. Eur Radiol 7, 1067–1070 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050255
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050255