Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8825195 | Radiology Case Reports | 2018 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Benign parotid lesions can grow to be a cosmetic deformation with psychological sequelae for a patient. Although surgical resection is the treatment of choice, cyst aspiration has also been attempted. This, however, has been shown to recur, requiring repeat intervention. An alternative therapeutic method not as widely recognized, but which has been reported to be both effective and less invasive than surgery for treating parotid cyst lesions, is sclerotherapy. Here we describe a report of a patient with a benign, localized, cystic neck mass refractory to 2 trials of fine needle aspiration. After the patient refused surgical resection, a trial of sterile ethanol sclerotherapy was performed. Our patient tolerated the procedure well with a significant reduction in the size of the lesion.
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Authors
William MS IV, Mohammed F. MD, Alexander MD, Salman S. MD, Dean DO,