GH-Producing Pituitary Adenoma and Concomitant Rathke’s Cleft Cyst: A Case Report and Short Review

Table 1

Summary of Rathke’s cleft cyst combined with pituitary adenoma producing growth hormone.

Authors	Age (yrs)	Sex	PA size (mm)	RCC size (mm)	RCC location	RCC T1WI	RCC T2WI	RCC Gd	PA removal	RCC removal	Visual field
Our case	53	M	9	12	Suprasellar	High	Iso.	No	Total	No	Normal
Miyagi et al. [1]	44	M	N/A	N/A	Intrasellar	Low	High	No	Subtotal	Total	Normal
Sumida et al. [7]	67	F	18	22	Intrasellar	Low	High	No	N/A	Removal	Normal
	44	F	28	8	Enclosed	Low	High	No	Removal	No	Normal
	18	M	12	8	Intrasellar	High	High	No	Removal	No	Normal
	46	M	14	7	Intrasellar	Low	High	No	Removal	No	Normal
	56	F	14	13	Intrasellar	High	Low	No	Removal	Removal	Normal
	48	M	15	8	Intrasellar	High	Low	No	Removal	No	Normal
Nishio et al. [6]	44	M	N/A	N/A	Suprasellar	Low	High	No	Subtotal	Removal	Normal
	35	F	N/A	N/A	Suprasellar	Low	High	No	Removal	Removal	Normal
	62	F	21	N/A	Intrasellar	Low	High	No	Removal	Partially	N/A
Lucas et al. [5]	47	F	6	13	Suprasellar	Low	High	No	Removal	Removal	Binasal field defect
Ikeda et al. [12]	50	M	N/A	N/A	Enclosed	Low	High	No	N/A	N/A	Quadrantanopsia
Azarpira et al. [9]	50	F	N/A	N/A	Intrasellar	N/A	N/A	N/A	Removal	Removal	Bilateral temporal hemianopsia

F: female, M: male, N/A: not available, T1WI: T1-weighted image, T2WI: T2-weighted image, Gd: gadolinium, PA: pituitary adenoma, RCC: Rathke’s cleft cyst, TR: total removal, unc: unclassified, wk: week, and yr: year.