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Ethanolamine Oleate as a Sclerosant for Testicular Hydroceles and Epididymal Cysts
Author(s) -
HELLSTRÖM P.,
TAMMELA T.,
KONTTURI M.,
LUKKARINEN O.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1988.tb04394.x
Subject(s) - sclerotherapy , medicine , ethanolamine , surgery , biology , biochemistry
Summary— Forty patients with testicular hydroceles and 16 patients with epididymal cysts were treated by tapping and injection of ethanolamine oleate; 97.5% of the hydroceles and 31% of the epididymal cysts were completely cured, 50% of the latter partly cured and 19% failed. About half of the patients experienced pain after treatment. Two patients developed infection. Ultrasonography showed no change in the testicular tissue during the follow‐up period. Sclerotherapy with ethanolamine oleate is a rapid and cost‐effective modality which can be recommended as primary treatment for hydroceles and for unilocular epididymal cysts, especially in elderly males.