ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Rathke cleft cysts (RCCs) are benign sellar lesions originating from remnants of primitive ectoderm. They have not been previously linked to other cystic lesions, such as pineal cysts (PCs). Our objective was to perform a multicenter cross-sectional neuroimaging study to examine prevalence rates of coexisting RCC and PC. METHODS: We retrospectively queried prospectively maintained, institutional review board-approved, databases from the authors' centers. All patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery for RCC between the years of 2011 and 2020 were included for analysis. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging was reviewed to identify the coexistence of a PC. Patient demographics and neuroimaging characteristics were recorded. A control cohort comprised of 100 age- and sex-matched patients with nonfunctional pituitary adenoma (NFPA) who also underwent surgical intervention was utilized. RESULTS: Eighty-four patients with RCC were identified for analysis. A coexistent PC was identified in 40.5% (n = 34) of patients with RCC compared with 14.3% (n = 12) in the NFPA cohort (P < 0.001). There was no significant difference in PC size between patients with RCC and PA (8 vs. 8.8 mm, respectively; P = 0.77). Although the majority (85.7%; n = 72) of the RCC cohort were female patients, there was no sex predominance with respect to coexisting PC in either the RCC or PA cohort. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to report an increased prevalence of coexisting PC and RCC, possibly because of an embryologic link or other propensity for intracranial cyst formation. Additional studies in more generalizable populations can further explore the relation between RCC and PC, or other cyst formation.
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Central Nervous System Cysts/epidemiology , Pinealoma/epidemiology , Pituitary Neoplasms/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Central Nervous System Cysts/pathology , Child , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pinealoma/pathology , Pituitary Neoplasms/pathology , Prevalence , Retrospective Studies , Young AdultABSTRACT
A one-pot synthesis of epoxides from commercially available benzyl alcohols and aldehydes is described. The reaction proceeds through in situ generation of sulfonium salts from benzyl alcohols and their subsequent deprotonation for use in Corey-Chaykovsky epoxidation of aldehydes. The generality of the method is exemplified by the synthesis of 34 epoxides that were made from an array of electronically and sterically varied alcohols and aldehydes.
