title: Rathke's cleft cyst: A case report of recurrence and spontaneous involution.
abstract: Rathke's cleft cysts (RCC) are sellar lesions that typically remain asymptomatic throughout life. Symptomatic patients present with headache, visual disturbance and/or pituitary dysfunction and are treated with resection. We present a 61-year-old woman diagnosed with RCC which was resected twice then recurred before undergoing spontaneous resolution. RCC are often managed without surgical intervention. Some of these lesions may spontaneously resolve without surgical intervention while others may become symptomatic. In patients with asymptomatic recurrent RCC conservative management is recommended. Spontaneous involution may occur following initial resection and recurrence of RCC.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine,Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
authors.forename: Zachary
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52245, USA. Electronic address: kingsley-abode-iyamah@uiowa.edu.
authors.forename: Kingsley O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Abode-Iyamah
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52245, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52245, USA.
authors.forename: Jeremy D W
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Greenlee
mesh_terms: D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000072700:Conservative Treatment; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous
keywords: Regression; Sellar mass; Transsphenoidal surgery; Treatment