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Symptomatic Rathke's cleft cysts located entirely in the suprasellar region: review of diagnosis, management, and pathogenesis.
- Source :
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Neurosurgery [Neurosurgery] 1985 Jun; Vol. 16 (6), pp. 766-72. - Publication Year :
- 1985
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Abstract
- Three cases of an entirely suprasellar symptomatic Rathke's cleft cyst, two of which were associated with normal sella turcicas, are reported. In all cases, the cysts caused compression of the optic chiasm, and two produced hypothalamic dysfunction. The diagnosis of these entirely suprasellar masses was enhanced by metrizamide cisternography. Two cases were treated by frontal craniotomy and one was treated transsphenoidally, with good results in all cases. The radiology, pathology, and surgical treatment of these unusual cases is presented. An embryological pathogenesis for the occurrence of an entirely suprasellar Rathke's cleft cyst is discussed.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Craniopharyngioma diagnostic imaging
Craniopharyngioma pathology
Epithelium pathology
Female
Humans
Male
Pituitary Gland pathology
Pituitary Neoplasms diagnostic imaging
Pituitary Neoplasms pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Visual Acuity
Craniopharyngioma surgery
Pituitary Neoplasms surgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0148-396X
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Neurosurgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 4010898
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198506000-00005