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Alcohol sclerotherapy of human immunodeficiency virus related parotid lymphoepithelial cysts
E Meyer1, D E Lubbe, J J Fagan
1Division of Otolaryngology, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa.
Objective:
The aim of the study was to determine the effectiveness of alcohol sclerotherapy in patients with human immunodeficiency virus related salivary gland disease.
Study Design:
Prospective study investigating the effectiveness of alcohol as a sclerosing agent.
Setting:
Tertiary referral hospital.
Patients:
Eleven human immunodeficiency virus positive patients with benign lymphoepithelial cysts were included in the study, from July 2005 to September 2006.
Interventions:
Alcohol sclerotherapy was performed under local anaesthesia, with alcohol infiltrated into the benign lymphoepithelial cysts.
Results:
Alcohol injection sclerotherapy proved to be an effective, simple, cheap, ambulatory procedure for patients who did not qualify for antiretroviral treatment.
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