Recurrence of symptomatic Rathke's cleft cyst: a case report.

Abstract

A 65-year-old man presented with bitemporal hemianopsia. He had undergone frontal craniotomy for a Rathke's cleft cyst associated with narrowed visual field 8 years earlier. His vision had returned to normal soon after surgery and he remained asymptomatic until the present complaint. Neurodiagnostic imaging revealed a recurrence of the intrasellar cyst extending into the suprasellar cistern. His vision improved rapidly after a second surgery. The histological findings were the same as those of the previous operation; the cyst wall was composed of a single layer of ciliated columnar epithelium resting on a collagenous connective tissue stroma.

• Authors: M Yamamoto, M Jimbo, M Ide, Y Umebara, S Hagiwara, O Kubo
• Journal: Surgical neurology (Surg Neurol) Vol. 39 Issue 4 Pg. 263-8 (Apr 1993) ISSN: 0090-3019 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8488442 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Aged
• Cysts (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Humans
• Male
• Pituitary Diseases (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Recurrence
• Reoperation
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed