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 ==Rathke cleft cyst==
-:See ''[[Head and neck pathology]]''.
+===General===
-*Arises from ''intermediate lobe''.
+*Benign counterpart of craniopharyngioma
-*Embryonic remnant.
+*Arises from [[pituitary gland]] - ''pars intermedia''. (???)
-*Related to ''craniopharyngioma''.
+Radiology:
+*Typically no calcifications.<ref name=emed_rcc>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/343629-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/343629-overview]. Accessed on: 14 November 2010.</ref>
+Radiologic DDx:<ref name=emed_rcc>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/343629-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/343629-overview]. Accessed on: 14 November 2010.</ref>
+*Arachnoid cyst.
+*[[Craniopharyngioma]].
+*Cysticercosis (see ''[[microorganisms]]'').
+*[[Pituitary adenoma]].
+*Epidermoid of brain.
+===Microscopic===
+Features:
+*Lined by cuboidal or columnar epithelial +occasional goblet cells.<ref>URL: [http://www.endotext.org/neuroendo/neuroendo3/neuroendo3.html http://www.endotext.org/neuroendo/neuroendo3/neuroendo3.html]. Accessed on: 27 May 2010.</ref>
+*+/-Squamous metaplasia.
+Image: [http://www.endotext.org/neuroendo/neuroendo3/figures/figure11.jpg Rathke's cleft cyst (endotext.org)].
 ==Craniopharyngioma==