Pituitary hemorrhage into a Rathke's cleft cyst

Neurosurgery. 1990 Oct;27(4):644-6. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199010000-00026.

Abstract

This report describes a case of symptomatic pituitary hemorrhage into a Rathke's cleft cyst in a 25-year-old woman. The literature on pituitary hemorrhage in nonadenomatous sellar tumors is reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Craniopharyngioma / complications*
  • Craniopharyngioma / diagnosis
  • Craniopharyngioma / pathology
  • Female
  • Hemorrhage / complications*
  • Hemorrhage / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pituitary Diseases / complications*
  • Pituitary Diseases / surgery
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / complications*
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed