title: Dysplastic gangliocytoma (Lhermitte-Duclos disease) of the cerebellum. Case report.
abstract: A case of dysplastic gangliocytoma, or Lhermitte-Duclos disease, of the cerebellum is reported. The patient was the seventh reported survivor of this rare disease. A review of the known biology of the disease allows some optimism. The treatment of choice appears to be surgical resection only.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male