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ArticleAsian journal of neurosurgery2013

Symptomatic Rathke's cleft cyst with a co-existing pituitary tumor; Brief review of the literature.

Ranjith Babu, Adam G Back, Jordan M Komisarow, Timothy R Owens, Thomas J Cummings, Gavin W Britz

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Article in Asian journal of neurosurgery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The endocrine spectrum of Rathke cleft cysts.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025
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  2. Spontaneous regression of paediatric pituitary lesions-report of 2 cases and literature review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024
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  7. Neurosurgical treatment of Cushing disease in pediatric patients: case series and review of literature.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Ranjith BabuDivision of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Adam G BackDivision of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Jordan M KomisarowDivision of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Timothy R OwensDivision of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Thomas J CummingsDivision of Pathology, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Gavin W BritzDivision of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pituitary adenomas and Rathke's cleft cysts (RCCs) share a common embryological origin. Occasionally, these two lesions can present within the same patient. We present a case of a 39-year-old male who was found to have a large sellar lesion after complaints of persistent headaches and horizontal nystagmus. Surgical resection revealed components of a RCC co-existing with a pituitary adenoma. A brief review of the literature was performed revealing 38 cases of co-existing Rathke's cleft cysts and pituitary adenomas. Among the cases, the most common symptoms included headache and visual changes. Rathke's cleft cysts and pituitary adenomas are rarely found to co-exist, despite having common embryological origins. We review the existing literature, discuss the common embryology to these two lesions and describe a unique case from our institution of a co-existing Rathke's cleft cyst and pituitary adenoma.

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AdenomadevelopmentneoplasmpituitaryRathke's cleft cystsellatumor

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PMID24551002
PMCPMC3912769

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