Symptomatic Rathke’s Cleft Cyst Presenting With Decreased Visual Acuity

Samadian, Mohammad; Ebrahim Zadeh, Kaveh; Moradian Kokhdan, karim; Razmeh, Saeed; Sharifi, Guive; Rezaee, Omidvar; Jamali, Elena; Sabeti, Shahram

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Samadian M, Ebrahim Zadeh K, Moradian Kokhdan K, Razmeh S, Sharifi G, Rezaee O, et al . Symptomatic Rathke’s Cleft Cyst Presenting With Decreased Visual Acuity. Iran J Neurosurg 2018; 4 (1) :41-44
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Symptomatic Rathke’s Cleft Cyst Presenting With Decreased Visual Acuity

Mohammad Samadian¹

, Kaveh Ebrahim Zadeh¹

, Karim Moradian Kokhdan ^*

², Saeed Razmeh³

, Guive Sharifi¹

, Omidvar Rezaee¹

, Elena Jamali¹

, Shahram Sabeti¹

1- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. , srazme82@gmail.com
3- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran.

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Background and Importance: Symptomatic Rathke’s cleft cyst is a rare lesion that often presents without any symptoms.
Case Presentation: We report a 40-year-old female with symptomatic Rathke’s cleft cyst located in the sellar and suprasellar region. She presented with visual disturbance, headache, weight gain, hypothyroidism and amenorrhea. The patient underwent surgery and the pathological examination confirmed Rathke’s cleft cyst.
Conclusion: Although the symptomatic Rathke’s cleft cyst is rare, the differential diagnosis must be done with intrasellar and suprasellar lesions.

Keywords: Rathke’s cleft cyst, Suprasellar lesions, Decreased visual acuit

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