Alcohol sclerotherapy of human immunodeficiency virus related parotid lymphoepithelial cysts.

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to determine the effectiveness of alcohol sclerotherapy in patients with human immunodeficiency virus related salivary gland disease. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study investigating the effectiveness of alcohol as a sclerosing agent. SETTING Tertiary referral hospital. PATIENTS Eleven human immunodeficiency virus positive patients with benign lymphoepithelial cysts were included in the study, from July 2005 to September 2006. INTERVENTIONS Alcohol sclerotherapy was performed under local anaesthesia, with alcohol infiltrated into the benign lymphoepithelial cysts. RESULTS Alcohol injection sclerotherapy proved to be an effective, simple, cheap, ambulatory procedure for patients who did not qualify for antiretroviral treatment.