Rathke's cleft cyst: A case report
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A Rathke cleft cyst (RCC) is a nonmalignant growth originating from Rathke’s pouch, which is the precursor to the anterior pituitary gland during early development. Most RCCs are asymptomatic and are typically discovered incidentally during computed tomography scans or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The progressive enlargement of the RCC is often symptomatic due to compression of the adjacent structures. The clinical presentations of the RCC are headache, visual disturbances, pituitary dysfunction causing hypogonadism, hyperprolactinemia, deficits of growth hormones, hypothyroidism, and diabetes insipidus. The conventional treatment of the symptomatic RCC is surgical excision through a transsphenoidal approach. Here, we are presenting a patient of Rathke’s cleft cyst presenting severe headache that was relieved after endoscopic transsphenoidal decompression of the cyst.
Author: Santosh Kumar Swain
Institution: All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405800776