Surgical Startegy for Symptomatic Rathke's Cleft Cyst: Efficacy of Open Drainage of Cyst to Sphenoid Air Cell
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Third ventricle herniation into the sphenoid sinus following endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal fenestration of Rathkes cleft cyst.
Rathke cleft cyst (RCC) is an uncommon albeit benign sellar lesion with an incidence rate of between 2 to 33%. RCCs are usually asymptomatic except in the large cases whit suprasellar extension. We herein describe a unique case of RCC, which presented with severe visual loss owing to massive herniation of the optic chiasm and third ventricle down into the sphenoid sinus through a small 8 x 8 mm...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0917-950X,2187-3100
DOI: 10.7887/jcns.6.186