Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Rathke’s cleft cysts (RCC) are benign, cystic lesions arising from remnants of Rathke’s pouch and reported in 13–22% of normal autopsies. Their prognosis after surgical intervention is not clearly defined.Aim: To analyse the outcome of patients who presented to our Department with RCC between 1/1977-3/2009.Patients and methods: Thirty-three cases were identified [13 males/20 females, median age at diagnos...