Rathke's cleft cyst - claw sign
Diagnosis almost certain
Updates to Case Attributes
Title
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Rathke's cleft cyst with "Claw"- claw sign
Body
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"Claw" sign = enhancing rim of compressed pituitary surrounding nonenhancingnon-enhancing cyst.
Rathke cleft cyst is a nonneoplastic cyst arising from remnants of embryonic Rathke cleft
Top Differential Diagnosesdifferential diagnoses:
Craniopharyngioma
Cystic pituitary adenoma
- Other nonneoplastic cyst
-<p>"Claw" sign = enhancing rim of compressed pituitary surrounding nonenhancing cyst</p><p>Rathke cleft cyst is nonneoplastic cyst arising from remnants of embryonic Rathke cleft</p><p> </p><p>Top Differential Diagnoses</p><ul>- +<p>"Claw" sign = enhancing rim of compressed <a title="Pituitary" href="/articles/pituitary-gland">pituitary</a> surrounding non-enhancing cyst.</p><p><a title="Rathke cleft cyst" href="/articles/rathke-cleft-cyst">Rathke cleft cyst</a> is a nonneoplastic cyst arising from remnants of embryonic Rathke cleft</p><p>Top differential diagnoses:</p><ul>
Updates to Study Attributes
Findings
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Non enhancing cystic suprasellarsellar mass with hypointense non enhancing hypointense intracystic nodule and claw sign in post contrast study
Incidental finding of chronic sphenoid sinusitis
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