Rathke's cleft cysts: review of natural history and surgical outcomes

SJ Han, JD Rolston, A Jahangiri, MK Aghi - Journal of neuro-oncology, 2014 - Springer
Rathke's cleft cysts (RCCs), also known as pars intermedia cysts, represent benign lesions
formed from remnants of the embryologic Rathke's pouch. Commonly asymptomatic, they …

Rathke's cleft cyst recurrence after transsphenoidal surgery: a meta-analysis of 1151 cases

ZS Mendelson, Q Husain, S Elmoursi, PF Svider… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Rathke's cleft cysts (RCC) arise from the development of the Rathke's cleft pouch. These
commonly occurring cysts are typically asymptomatic, but sometimes present with …

Characteristics of Rathke's cleft cyst based on cyst location with a primary focus on recurrence after resection

S Chotai, Y Liu, J Pan, S Qi - Journal of Neurosurgery, 2015 - thejns.org
OBJECT Rathke's cleft cysts (RCCs) are benign lesions with a location that is entirely
intrasellar, intrasellar with suprasellar extension (intrasuprasellar), or purely suprasellar. The …

Morbidity of repeat transsphenoidal surgery assessed in more than 1000 operations

A Jahangiri, J Wagner, SW Han, CC Zygourakis… - Journal of …, 2014 - thejns.org
Object While transsphenoidal surgery is associated with low morbidity, the degree to which
morbidity increases after reoperation remains unclear. The authors determined the morbidity …

Rathke's cleft cysts: a 6-year experience of surgery vs. observation with comparative volumetric analysis

G Barkhoudarian, SK Palejwala, S Ansari… - Pituitary, 2019 - Springer
Background Rathke's cleft cysts (RCCs) are common sellar lesions. Their management
remains controversial, particularly when small or asymptomatic. Herein we review a …

Endoscopic endonasal marsupialization of rathke cleft cysts: clinical outcomes and risk factors analysis of visual impairment, pituitary dysfunction, and CSF leak

MB Alsavaf, KC Wu, JS Gosal, G Finger, B Koch… - Pituitary, 2023 - Springer
Objective This paper assesses the clinical and imaging characteristics, histopathological
findings, and treatment outcomes of patients with Rathke's cleft cyst (RCC), as well as …

Recurrence of Rathke's cleft cysts based on gross total resection of cyst wall: a meta-analysis

VM Lu, K Ravindran, A Perry, CS Graffeo… - Neurosurgical …, 2020 - Springer
Rathke's cleft cysts (RCCs) are benign growths of the embryological Rathke's pouch.
Surgical decompression provides effective symptomatic relief in most cases; however, the …

The long-term recurrence of Rathke's cleft cysts as predicted by histology but not by surgical procedure

Y Kinoshita, A Tominaga, S Usui, K Arita… - Journal of …, 2016 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Patients with symptomatic Rathke's cleft cysts (RCCs) managed by surgical
treatment often experience recurrence. The authors attempted to clarify the outcome of …

Clinicopathologic characteristics and endoscopic surgical outcomes of symptomatic Rathke's cleft cysts

B Cabuk, A Selek, A Emengen, I Anik, Z Canturk… - World Neurosurgery, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the preoperative clinical data and
postoperative endocrinologic improvement, recurrence, and complications of Rathke's cleft …

Surgical management of Rathke cleft cysts

V Ratha, S Patil, VS Karmarkar, NJ Shah… - World Neurosurgery, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The diagnosis of Rathke cleft cysts (RCC) has increased in recent times as a
result of improvements in imaging techniques; however, symptomatic patients are …