title: Rathke's cleft cyst: missed etiology of panhypopituitarism in presence of coexistent ocular and neurocysticercosis.
abstract: We report a 10 year-old girl with panhypopituitarism and coexistent ocular and neurocysticercosis. Intrasellar cystic lesions whether neoplastic or non-neoplastic in origin are often difficult to distinguish because their symptoms, signs, and radiological characteristics are similar. The diagnosis of intrasellar cysticercosis was initially considered because of high endemicity, positive serology for cysticercus and radiological evidence of cysticercosis in the eye and parietal lobe. However, since there was no improvement with cysticidal therapy and no radiological resolution of the sellar lesion, surgery was performed, which revealed a Rathke's cleft cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bakhshi
authors.forename: Ram
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kalpatthi
authors.forename: Raju
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Madhulika Kabra Chitra
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: P S N
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Menon
mesh_terms: D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome