title: [Dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum or Lhermittee-Duclos disease].
abstract: Lhermitte-Duclós disease is an infrequent condition of which there are only 37 cases described in the literature. Although presently considered as a displasic process, its clinical presentation is of a typical posterior fossa tumour and should be treated as such. Even though it is a benign growth there are only 7 cases described with postoperative survival. The uniform pathological anatomy in all the cases presented makes the definitive diagnosis. The authors present a new case with postoperative survival and discuss its clinical presentation, treatment and origin of the disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002525:Cerebellar Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Gangliocitoma displásico de cerebelo o enfermedad de Lhermittee-Duclos.