title: Giant Rathke cleft cyst.
abstract: The preoperative diagnosis for an unusual skull base lesion was chordoma. The combination of imaging, pathologic, and surgical findings suggests the diagnosis of Rathke cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Quint
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: McKeever
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boland
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed