Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Rathkes cleft cysts (RCC) are present in up to 20% of autopsy studies but only a minority necessitate surgical treatment1. Inflammation of the RCC wall may act a trigger for disease progression, resulting in development of clinical symptoms and prompting investigation and surgical management2,3. The significance of inflammation of RCC is thought to be three-fold: the development of classical symptoms including headache, visual disturbance or p...