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Rathke's pouch cyst
Also known as:
Rathke's cleft cyst
Rathke's cyst
Rathke's pouch tumour
Associated persons:
Martin Heinrich Rathke
Description:
Groups of epithelial cells forming small colloid-filled cysts in the pars intermedia of the pituitary gland. They are histologically benign and belong in the subgroup of craniopharyngioma. They develop from the nests of epithelium derived from Rathke's pouch.
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