Giant multi-compartmental suprasellar Rathke’s cleft cyst with restriction on diffusion weighted images

Abstract

Rathke’s cleft cysts are congenital lesions seen in sellar–suprasellar regions. We report a case of giant Rathke cyst in a 43-year-old patient with multi-compartmental involvement who presented with seizures with almost normal visual acuity. We discuss radiological and pathological features of various differential diagnoses for the giant suprasellar Rathke’s cyst.

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Suprasellar Rathke’s cyst hypopituitarism visual acuity seizures

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