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Suprasellar cysts: clinical presentation, surgical indications, and optimal surgical treatment.

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BACKGROUND To describe the clinical presentation of suprasellar cysts (SSCs) and surgical indications, and compare the treatment methods of endoscopic ventriculocystostomy (VC) and ventriculocystocisternotomy (VCC). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of 73 consecutive patients with SSC

Devastating complications from alcohol cauterization of recurrent Rathke cleft cyst. Case report.

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Rathke cleft cysts are commonly found on autopsy but are seldom symptomatic. Conventional treatment of these lesions consists of transsphenoidal drainage with partial excision of the cyst, and recurrence is rare. Alternatively, the instillation of absolute alcohol into the cyst has been described in

Successful resection of a hypothalamic hamartoma and a Rathke cleft cyst. Case report.

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The authors report the case of a 12-year-old girl with Pallister-Hall syndrome, long-standing refractory, symptomatic epilepsy, mental retardation, and panhypopituitarism in whom two rare, deep midline lesions were detected. She underwent successful transsphenoidal resection of the Rathke cleft cyst

Arachnoid cysts: computed tomography findings.

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Described are 26 cases of arachnoid cysts. Of these cysts, 54% were in the sylvian cistern, three (1.2%) were in the suprasellar cistern, and the rest were over the cerebral sulci. There were symptoms of seizures at presentation in 30.8%, and in 23% there were symptoms of hydrocephalus and

[Epithelial cysts of the central nervous system: report of two cases].

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Two cases of epithelial cyst are reported. Case 1. A 68-year-old female visited our hospital with a complaint of decreased visual acuity, 0.04 in the left eye, in September 1986. Visual field examination showed bitemporal hemianopsia. CT scan demonstrated nonenhancing cystic lesion involving the

Diencephalic epilepsy with congenital suprasellar arachnoid cyst in an infant.

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The authors report the case of a 2-year-old infant who presented with paroxysm and short changes characterized by acute drowsiness, cold sweats, ocular reversion, facial cyanosis, and bradycardia. Between these attacks, the condition was normal, suggesting diencephalic seizures. Over 2 months five

Rathke's Cleft Cyst Apoplexy in Two Teenage Sisters.

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Rathke's cleft cysts (RCC) are sellar-suprasellar cysts that are usually discovered incidentally given their indolent clinical course. When symptoms do arise, the most common clinical presentation is headache, visual field deficits due to visual pathway compression, diplopia due to cavernous sinus

Management of intracranial arachnoid cysts: institutional experience with initial 32 cases and review of the literature.

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Surgical indications and modalities in treatment of intracranial arachnoid cysts still remain controversial owing to limited understanding of the pathophysiologic mechanisms and natural history of this pathology. Current literature favours endoscopic interventions for arachnoid cysts. We

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