PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to demonstrate OK- 432 sclerotherapy efficacy for treatment of simple renal cysts. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty patients with 25 symptomatic or large simple cysts were treated by ultrasonography (US)-guided percutaneous aspiration and injection of OK-432 (8 men and 12 women, mean age 63.6 years, SD 9.5). Six patients presented with flank pain, 14 presented with renal mass; renal cyst location was right, left, or bilateral sided in 9, 8, and 8 kidneys, respectively. Patients were evaluated by clinical assessment, US, or CT scan 3 months following the procedure. Complete and partial success was defined as symptom resolution with either total cyst ablation or greater than 70% reduction, respectively. Failure was defined as 30% of cyst size recurrence and/or persistent symptoms. RESULTS: Average reduction was 93.0%. Complete and partial resolution occurred in 11 (44.0%) and 13 (52.0%) cysts, respectively. One case was defined as failure, with a 64.2% size reduction from 10.9cm to 3.9cm (volume reduction rate 95.4%). Renal pain improved in all patients, regardless of complete or partial resolution. Minor complications occurred in 3 patients, 2 developed leukocytosis and 1 had mild fever (< 38.5 degrees C) following aspiration and sclerotherapy. Successful treatment was achieved with conservative measures and NSAID therapy. CONCLUSION: Percutaneous treatment of simple renal cysts with OK-432 sclerotherapy was found to be a safe, effective and minimally invasive procedure.
Treatment Outcome ; *Sclerotherapy/adverse effects ; Picibanil/*therapeutic use ; Middle Aged ; Male ; Kidney Diseases, Cystic/pathology/*therapy ; Humans ; Functional Laterality ; Female ; Aged ; Adult

We have adopted OK-432 as a sclerosing agent in the treatment of cystic predominant thyroid nodules and have analyzed our findings to assess the efficacy of intralesional instillation of OK-432. From 1992 through 1993, 48 patients with recurrent or progressive cystic thyroid nodules after 2 or 3 aspirations alone, and whom were cytologically negative for malignancy, were used for this study. The OK-432 solution was prepared by dissolving 0.1 mg of OK-432 in 2 ml of physiologic saline and it was instilled in the amount of 1/10-to-1/5 of the aspirated cystic fluid. A repeated course of therapy was given up to 3 times when sufficient resolution was not obtained 4-to-6 weeks after treatment. The mean number of treatment sessions per patient was 1.5. Throughout the follow-up period from 30-to-45 months (mean, 38 months), 32 (66.7%) patients experienced an almost complete disappearance (< 0.05 cm in diameter) of the cystic lesion, and 12 (25%) patients responded partially by having it decrease by more than half (> 0.5 cm in diameter) of the initial cyst size, and none of these patients required further treatment. The remaining 4 (8.3%) patients showed insufficient resolution despite 3 courses of therapy and 2 of these patients underwent thyroidectomy, in which the lesion proved benign in both cases. All of the patients tolerated the sclerotherapy well. No significant local complications attributed to this treatment were observed. However, a low-grade fever was observed in 26 (54.2%) patients for 2 to 5 days after instillation, which subsided with symptomatic treatment. On the basis of our experience, OK-432 sclerotherapy appears to be safe, simple and effective, and can be a useful alternative treatment for cystic thyroid nodules.
Adolescence ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Cysts/therapy* ; Female ; Human ; Male ; Middle Age ; Picibanil/therapeutic use* ; Recurrence ; Sclerotherapy* ; Thyroid Nodule/therapy*