Symptomatic Abdominal Simple Cysts: Is Percutaneous Sclerotherapy with Hypertonic Saline and Bleomycin a Treatment Option?

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Axial Computed Tomography scans of a 48-year-old Caucasian woman with a large simple cyst located at segment IV of the liver [cyst number 3], before (a) and 6 months after percutaneous sclerotherapy with combination of hypertonic NaCl 15% and bleomycin (b). After treatment [image b], only a simple scar is obvious in the liver parenchyma [arrow].

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