Sonographically Guided Ethanol Sclerotherapy for Benign Thyroid Cysts
Results in 22 Patients
Yong Soo Cho1,
Ho Kyu Lee1,
Il Min Ahn2,
Soo Mee Lim1,
Dae Hong Kim1,
Choong Gon Choi1 and
Dae Chul Suh1
1
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan
College of Medicine, 388-1 Poongnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736,
Korea.
2
Department of Endocrinology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College
of Medicine, Seoul 138-736, Korea.

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Fig. 1. 33 year-old woman with complex thyroid cyst.
A, Sonogram obtained before ethanol sclerotherapy shows complex cyst
in right lobe of thyroid gland. Volume = 6.7 ml.
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Fig. 1. 33 year-old woman with complex thyroid cyst.
B, Sonogram obtained 4 months after ethanol sclerotherapy reveals
that cystic component of complex cyst has been almost obliterated.
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Fig. 2. 46-year-old woman with pure thyroid cyst.
A, Sonogram obtained before ethanol sclerotherapy shows pure cyst in
left lobe of thyroid gland. Volume = 26.1 ml.
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Fig. 2. 46-year-old woman with pure thyroid cyst.
B, Sonogram obtained 2 months after ethanol sclerotherapy reveals
that volume of cyst decreased by 98%. Volume = 0.5 ml.
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