Lhermitte-Duclos disease

J Neurooncol. 2007 Apr;82(2):183-5. doi: 10.1007/s11060-006-9263-5. Epub 2006 Oct 5.

Abstract

A 46-year-old female patient with previously recognized Graves' ophthalmopathy, underwent total thyroidectomy. After thyroid surgery exophthalmos worsened and signs unsteadiness of gait appeared. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a lesion in the basal portion of the left cerebellar hemisphere. Therefore, the patient underwent surgery. Pathological examination revealed dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum (Lhermitte-Duclos disease).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Ganglioneuroma / pathology*
  • Ganglioneuroma / surgery
  • Graves Disease / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Thyroidectomy