El quiste de la bolsa Rathke es una lesión derivada los restos epiteliales del ectodermo que se asienta sobre región selar, afecta principalmente a jóvenes, asintomático en mayoría casos, todo población pediátrica, adultos el síntoma principal cefalea frontal teniendo casos más graves síntomas relacionados con compresión estructuras vecinas como disfunciones visuales y alteración eje hipotálamo...

This study was designed to obtain and compare the nasalance scores produced by normal Malay children and those with repaired palatal cleft. Data from 103 noncleft children and 27 children with repaired clefts were included. All children were of Malay origin with the Malay language (Kelantan dialect) as their first language. Two short and simple test stimuli were constructed in the Malay languag...

BACKGROUND Rathke cleft cyst (RCC) is a rare cystic sellar entity, which is usually small in size and asymptomatic in most patients. RCC presenting panhypopituitarism and a cystic lesion with rim enhancement on magnetic resonance imaging is extremely rare. Therefore, it is easy to be misdiagnosed as pituitary abscess because of the similar clinical manifestations and neuroimaging changes. CAS...

The pharyngeal pouch or bursa pharyngea was first described by Rathke in 1838.1 It is now a place of great interest both to the surgeon and to the scientist: here post-nasal adenoids have their birthplace, and probably the oesophagus has its ancestry. The pouch of Rathke is a tubular recess at the upper and posterior wall of the pharynx, not at all infrequent in the adult, commoner in children,...

BACKGROUND During the examination of the sellar region by magnetic resonance imaging, hyperintensity in T1 weighted is a common finding. This signal intensity has different sources, and its significance depends on the clinical context. Pathologic variations in T1 signal hyperintensity may be related to clotting of blood (pituitary apoplexy) or the presence of a high concentration of protein (Ra...

OBJECTIVE To define MRI criteria for the presumptive diagnosis of Rathke cleft cyst (RCC). METHODS One hundred and three patient MRI scans suggesting RCC performed between January 2005 and January 2011 were retrospectively reviewed for indications, cyst location, T1 and T2 signal intensity, dimensions, encroachment on optic chiasm, enhancement pattern, and stability over a year. RESULTS Of ...