title: Intrasphenoidal Rathke's cleft cyst.
abstract: We report a rare patient with an intrasphenoidal Rathke's cleft cyst (RCC) and review the literature. RCC are benign epithelium lined cysts containing mucoid material, which typically occur in a location that is either entirely intrasellar, or intrasellar with suprasellar extension (intra-suprasellar). RCC in a completely extrasellar location are uncommon. An intrasphenoidal RCC is extremely rare with only two patients reported in the literature to date. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult due to the uncommon location and absence of any characteristic radiological features. However, it remains of utmost clinical relevance because it may limit the operative management to biopsy sampling of the cyst wall and drainage of the contents via the transsphenoidal route.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Suite 855, 1725 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Electronic address: Manish_kasliwal@rush.edu.
authors.forename: Manish K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kasliwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Sumeet G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Dua
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Aparna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harbhajanka
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Sukriti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nag
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Miral D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Jhaveri
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Suite 855, 1725 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
authors.forename: Roham
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moftakhar
mesh_terms: D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Craniopharyngioma; Radiology; Rathke’s cleft cyst; Sphenoid