Rathke's cleft cyst rupture as potential initial event of a secondary perifocal lymphocytic hypophysitis: Proposal of an unusual pathogenetic event and review of the literature

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-163

  Schittenhelm, Jens ^a   Beschorner, Rudi ^a   Psaras, Tsambika ^a   Capper, David ^a   Nägele, Thomas ^a   Meyermann, Richard ^a   Saeger, Wolfgang ^b   Honegger, Jürgen ^a   Mittelbronn, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyst rupture; Hypophysitis; Pituitary gland; Rathke's cleft

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYST RUPTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; REVIEW; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 41049087037     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-008-0120-1     Document Type: Review

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