Percutaneous drainage and sclerosis of mesenteric cysts: literature overview and report of an innovative approach.

Abstract

We present the case of a 29-years-old male patient, affected by a voluminous post-traumatic mesenteric cyst, a rare abdominal disease; our patient represents a rarely affected age group. Treatment was based on interventional radiology with an US-guided drainage and sclerosis by ethyl alcohol of the lesion. The intervention performed on this patient represents the application of a standardized radiological technique to a new contest, mesenteric cysts, whose gold-standard treatment is represented in literature by surgery. In our case we obtained an optimal result, with complete regression of the treated cyst: it proved to be an effective, feasible, safe and minimally invasive procedure.

• Authors: Giada Pozzi, Alessia Ferrarese, Alessandro Borello, Silvia Catalano, Alessandra Surace, Silvia Marola, Valentina Gentile, Valter Martino, Mario Solej, Mario Nano
• Journal: International journal of surgery (London, England) (Int J Surg) Vol. 12 Suppl 2 Pg. S90-S93 ( 2014) ISSN: 1743-9159 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 25183644 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2014 Surgical Associates Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Sclerosing Solutions
• Solvents
• Ethanol

Topics

• Adult
• Drainage (methods)
• Ethanol (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Male
• Mesenteric Cyst (therapy)
• Rare Diseases
• Sclerosing Solutions (therapeutic use)
• Solvents (therapeutic use)
• Surgery, Computer-Assisted
• Ultrasonography, Interventional