Rathke's cleft cyst in two girls with precocious puberty.

Abstract

Rathke's cleft cysts arise from remnants of Rathke's pouch and are usually found incidentally on MRI or autopsy. In childhood, the most common presenting symptoms of Rathke's cleft cysts are endocrine abnormalities, such as reduced growth hormone secretion, hyperprolactinemia, or diabetes insipidus. Non-specific symptoms, such as headache and visual disturbance, may also occur. Although precocious puberty has occasionally been described in association with suprasellar lesions, such as hamartomas, arachnoid cysts, and craniopharyngiomas, to our knowledge there have been no documented cases secondary to Rathke's cleft cysts. We report here two patients, both of whom presented with precocious puberty, and were found to have Rathke's cleft cysts.

• Authors: Roshanak Monzavi, Daniel F Kelly, Mitchell E Geffner
• Journal: Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM (J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab) Vol. 17 Issue 5 Pg. 781-5 (May 2004) ISSN: 0334-018X [Print] Germany
• PMID: 15237714 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Central Nervous System Cysts (complications, diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Child
• Female
• Humans
• Puberty, Precocious (diagnostic imaging, etiology, surgery)
• Radiography
• Treatment Outcome