651. The Empty Sella syndrome secondary to Rathke's cleft cyst
- Author
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L. Princi, M. Baldini, and L. Mosca
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Rathke's cleft cyst ,business.industry ,Empty Sella Syndrome ,Interventional radiology ,Computed tomography ,Anatomy ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Empty sella syndrome ,Craniopharyngioma ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,Humans ,Surgery ,Cyst ,Female ,Pituitary Neoplasms ,Neurology (clinical) ,Neurosurgery ,business ,Epithelial cyst ,Neuroradiology - Abstract
A case of Empty Sella secondary to Rathke's cleft cyst, successfully operated on, is reported. Asymptomatic cysts of Rathke's pouch are fairly frequent autopsy observations. They can cause optic-chiasmatic and endocrine symptomatology or, very rarely, an Empty Sella syndrome if the cyst is very large.
- Published
- 1980