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Pediatric symptomatic Rathke cleft cyst compared with cystic craniopharyngioma
Author(s) -
Yasuhiko Hayashi,
Daisuke Kita,
Issei Fukui,
Yasuo Sasagawa,
Masahiro Oishi,
Michiko Okajima,
Osamu Tachibana,
Mitsutoshi Nakada
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
child s nervous system
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.46
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1433-0350
pISSN - 0256-7040
DOI - 10.1007/s00381-016-3160-9
Subject(s) - medicine , craniopharyngioma , hyperintensity , neurosurgery , diabetes insipidus , magnetic resonance imaging , cyst , surgery , radiology
Symptomatic Rathke cleft cysts (RCCs) are rarely detected in neuroradiological screening and are less commonly found in children than in adults. However, when RCCs are observed in children, it is important to carefully distinguish a RCC from a cystic craniopharyngioma (CP) even if surgically treated or conservatively followed up.

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