Summary
A 71-year-old male who had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis 3 years previously
developed multiple subcutaneous cysts on his buttock, elbow, knee, hand and back.
The diameters of the cysts were 10–15 cm. The characteristic fluid and pathology of
the cysts led to the diagnosis of multiple rheumatoid bursal cyst (MRBC). The patient
was keen to treat the cyst on his buttock as it hampered his sitting position. However,
it resisted several kinds of sclerotherapies, including absolute alcohol, OK-432,
minocycline and dexamethasone. When the cyst grew further, it was resected surgically;
however, the cyst recurred immediately. It was finally brought under control by injecting
it with OK-432.
The thick cyst wall, which resisted the various sclerotherapies, was removed surgically,
and a new capsule developed inside the cavity; adding a sclerotant to newly made thin
capsule made us possible to treat this resistant large bursal cyst.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: September 26, 2011
Accepted:
August 14,
2011
Received:
July 14,
2011
Footnotes
☆This article had been presented at the 10th Congress of the International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery-Asian Pacific Section in Tokyo, 2009.
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© 2011 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
