A case of Rathke's cleft cyst associated with diabetes insipidus and Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
A 71-year-old woman with symptomatic Rathke's cleft cyst is reported. She had visual disturbance, diabetes insipidus and hypopituitarism. Imaging studies with computed tomography and magnetic resonance image revealed the presence of suprasellar mass. After the transsphenoidal surgery and treatment with DDAVP, her symptoms showed an improvement.
Koshiyama
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Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto University Faculity of Medicine, Japan.
Kato
Y
Y
Masutani
H
H
Hashimoto
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N
Imura
H
H
D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed