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BACKGROUND
Rathke cleft cysts (RCC) are benign, epithelium-lined intrasellar and/or suprasellar cysts believed to originate from the remnants of the Rathke pouch. The aim of this study was to analyse the symptoms and surgical outcome of patients with the diagnosis of RCC verified in a
We describe an 18-year-old female who complained of general weakness, nausea, vomiting, headache, and lightheadedness. On physical examination, she was euvolemic without visual or neurological deficits. The striking biochemical abnormality was hyponatremia (125 mmol/l). This hyponatremia met the
Endodermal cyst is a rare developmental cyst of the CNS, such as a Rathke cleft and colloid cyst lined by columnar epithelium of presumed endodermal origin. Intracranial endodermal cysts are rare, and most are found in the posterior fossa. The authors report a case of petroclival endodermal cyst