hrp0097p2-148 | Pituitary, Neuroendocrinology and Puberty | ESPE2023

Diagnostic dilemma in an adolescent boy with hypopituitarism – pituitary apoplexy or Rathke cleft cyst?

La Grasta Sabolić Lavinia , Kovačević Ana , Požgaj Šepec Marija , Smoljan Mia

Background: Pituitary apoplexy (PA) is a rare clinical emergency in pediatric population. In patients with apoplexy-like symptoms, clinical and imaging features of PA, caused by hemorrhage in a pre-existing macroadenoma, are sometimes difficult to distinguish from Rathke cleft cyst (RCC).Case presentation: A 14.5-year-old boy, with an uneventful past medical history except for mild COVID-19 infection six months earlier, ...