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Rathke's cleft cyst with pituitary apoplexy: case report

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We report a Rathke's cleft cyst which presented as pituitary apoplexy, a rare presentation. A 46-year-old woman suffered sudden headache and visual loss. T1-weighted MRI 3 weeks after this apoplectic episode demonstrated a cystic lesion between the anterior and posterior lobes of the pituitary, with some high-signal material layering in it. The mass showed spontaneous regression on an image 3 weeks later. Trans-sphenoidal surgery confirmed the diagnosis of a Rathke's cleft cyst with a haematoma within it.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan Tel.: + 81-3-33 42 61 11 ext. 57 73 Fax: + 81-3-33 40 42 85, , , , , , JP

    H. Nishioka, H. Ito, T. Miki, T. Hashimoto, H. Nojima & H. Matsumura

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  1. H. Nishioka
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Received: 30 September 1998 Accepted: 5 February 1999

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Nishioka, H., Ito, H., Miki, T. et al. Rathke's cleft cyst with pituitary apoplexy: case report. Neuroradiology 41, 832–834 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050851

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