Spontaneous Involution of Rathke’s Cleft Cysts without Visual Symptoms
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Spontaneous Involution of Rathke’s Cleft Cysts without Visual Symptoms
BACKGROUND There have been various reports in the literature regarding the conservative management of pituitary apoplexy, pituitary incidentalomas and Rathke cleft cysts (RCCs). However, to the best of our knowledge, spontaneous involution of cystic sellar mass has rarely been reported. We report 14 cases of cystic sellar masses with spontaneous involution. METHODS A total of 14 patients with...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brain Tumor Research and Treatment
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2288-2405,2288-2413
DOI: 10.14791/btrt.2016.4.2.58