Rathke's cleft cyst abscess.
Pituitary abscesses are rare. Occasionally they will arise in pre-existing pituitary pathology. We report such an occurrence within a Rathke's cleft cyst. On the basis of history and imaging, this was indistinguishable from more commonly encountered pituitary pathology.
Israel
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Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. israel@ohsu.edu
Yacoub
M
M
Gomori
J M
JM
Dotan
S
S
Fellig
Y
Y
Shoshan
Y
Y
Spektor
S
S
D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D000293:Adolescent; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence