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[Transrectal ultrasound-guided puncture and anhydrous alcohol sclerotherapy for Müllerian duct cyst]
Tao Zhou1, Cui-Lan Chen, Ke Chen
1Department of Ultrasound and Imaging, The Third Hospital of Wuhan, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, China. lotuszhou@21cn.com
Objective:
To explore the effect of anhydrous alcohol sclerotherapy following transrectal ultrasound-guided puncture in the treatment of Mülllerian duct cyst.
Methods:
Totally 44 patients with Müllerian duct cyst underwent transrectal ultrasound-guided puncture and sclerotherapy, 21 injected with anhydrous alcohol of half the volume of the aspirated cystic fluid followed by aspiration of all the fluid 5 minutes later (treatment group) , and the other 23 treated by cystic fluid aspiration only (control group). The clinical effects of the two methods were compared.
Results:
The response rate and cure rate were 80.95 and 52.38% in the treatment group, as compared with 56.52 and 26.09% in the control (P < 0.001). No adverse events were observed in either of the two groups.
Conclusion:
Transrectal ultrasound-guided puncture and anhydrous alcohol sclerotherapy is a safe and effective approach to the treatment of Mülllerian duct cyst.
