TREATMENT OF A SYMPTOMATIC HEPATIC CYST BY TETRACYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDEINSTILLATION SCLEROSIS

Authors
DAVIES CW MCINTYRE AS
Citation
Cw. Davies et As. Mcintyre, TREATMENT OF A SYMPTOMATIC HEPATIC CYST BY TETRACYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDEINSTILLATION SCLEROSIS, European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 8(2), 1996, pp. 173-175
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0954691X
Volume
8
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
173 - 175
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-691X(1996)8:2<173:TOASHC>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We report the case of an 84-year-old woman with abdominal pain, disten sion and inferior veno-caval compression due to a large non-parasitic hepatic cyst. She was treated by instillation of tetracycline hydrochl oride into the hepatic cyst. Six months after treatment, the patient i s asymptomatic, with no reaccumulation of the hepatic cyst. We conclud e that symptomatic hepatic cysts may be successfully treated by tetrac ycline hydrochloride instillation sclerosis.