Clinical Study

Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Cisternostomy for Nonneoplastic Sellar Cysts

Table 1

Patient demographics, clinical data in 8 cases of AC and RCC.

Patient number Age (yr)/sex Diagnosis Maximum diameter (mm) Headache Visual disturbance Pituitary/hypothalamus disfunction

1 45/F RCC 23.15 Nil Positive Nil
2 64/F AC 51.88 Nil Positive Nil
3 71/F RCC 22.54 Nil Positive Nil
4 37/M AC 37.01 Nil Positive Nil
5 53/F AC 26.68 Positive Positive Nil
6 56/M RCC 28.02 Nil Positive Nil
7 73/F RCC 25.48 Nil Positive Nil
8 59/F RCC recurrence 23.45 Nil Positive Nil
Previous with fat packing

AC: arachnoid cyst, RCC: Rathke’s cleft cyst.