Intratumoral Rathke's cleft cyst remnants within craniopharyngioma, pituitary adenoma, suprasellar dermoid, and epidermoid cysts: A ubiquitous signature of …

S Manjila, N El Asmar, BM Vidalis, F Alonso… - …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND The authors present cystic epithelial masses in the suprasellar region which
on histopathology revealed 4 mixed tumors having simple cuboidal epithelium of Rathke's
Cleft Cyst (RCC) elements trapped within pituitary adenoma, epidermoid cyst, dermoid cyst,
and papillary craniopharyngioma respectively. OBJECTIVE To highlight the developmental
theory of ectodermal continuum in the realm of suprasellar epithelial cystic lesions and
examines the cardinal aspects that distinguish RCC from its confounder, ciliary …