Symptomatic Rathke's cleft cysts. Report of two cases.
Two unusual cases of symptomatic Rathke's cleft cysts are described. The first patient was a 47-year-old man who presented with recurrent aseptic meningitis in addition to visual symptoms, panhypopituitarism, and hydrocephalus. The second patient was a 41-year-old man presenting with increasing headache, and a large, nonenhancing sellar cyst showing suprasellar extension on computerized tomography. The similarities between Rathke's cleft cysts and craniopharyngiomas are discussed.
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000473:pathology*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology