Imaging of large Rathke's cleft cysts by CT and MRI : report of two cases

Two patients with large Rathke's cleft cysts in the sella turcica and suprasellar region presented with visual impairment and hypopituitarism. The entirely different CT and MRI appearances of the two cysts were thought to depend principally on the protein content of the cyst fluid.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neuroradiology 1993, Vol.35 (4), p.258-260
Hauptverfasser:	WHYTE, A. M, SAGE, M. R, BROPHY, B. P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Biological and medical sciences Biopsy Branchioma - diagnosis Branchioma - pathology Branchioma - surgery Epithelium - pathology Female Head and Neck Neoplasms - diagnosis Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Neurology Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses
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Zusammenfassung:	Two patients with large Rathke's cleft cysts in the sella turcica and suprasellar region presented with visual impairment and hypopituitarism. The entirely different CT and MRI appearances of the two cysts were thought to depend principally on the protein content of the cyst fluid.
ISSN:	0028-3940 1432-1920
DOI:	10.1007/BF00602607