Endocrine disorders due to Rathke’s cleft cyst: a clinical case presentation

Rathke’s cleft cyst is one of the causes of hyperprolactinemia. It forms due to pituitary malformation during embryonic period. Nowadays the correct diagnosis still possesses some issues with interpretation of visual data and variable clinical picture. The article presents a clinical case of a patie...

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Published inOzhirenie i metabolizm Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 45 - 48
Main Authors Vorotnikova, Svetlana, Dzeranova, Larisa, Pigarova, Ekaterina, Vorontsov, Aleksander, Vladimirova, Viktoriya, Averkieva, Elena
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Endocrinology Research Centre 29.12.2016
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prolactinoma
rathke’s cleft cyst, hyperprolactinemia
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Summary:Rathke’s cleft cyst is one of the causes of hyperprolactinemia. It forms due to pituitary malformation during embryonic period. Nowadays the correct diagnosis still possesses some issues with interpretation of visual data and variable clinical picture. The article presents a clinical case of a patient with Rathke’s cleft cyst that was initially managed as prolactinoma.
ISSN:2071-8713
2306-5524
DOI:10.14341/omet2016445-48