A Case of Rathke\' s Cleft Cyst Associated with Diabetes Insipidus and Hashimoto\'s Thyroiditis

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Hossein Assadian Dep. of internal Medicine, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Iran.

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SUMMARY A 71 - year old woman with symptomatic Rathke's Cleft cyst is reported. She had Visual disturbance, diabetes insipidus and hypopituitarism. Imaging study with computed tomography revealed the presence of suprasellar mass. After the transsphenoidal surgery and treatment with DDA VP, her symptoms showed an improvement.

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