Lhermitte-duclos disease. A rare cause of intracranial hypertension in adults.
In a 39-year old woman hospitalized for intracranial hypertension MRI revealed the presence of abnormal areas in the cerebellar cortex. The negative results of investigations for possible causes, as well as the appearance of radiological abnormalities and their persistence over a 6-month period incited the authors to make a tentative diagnosis of Lhermitte-Duclos disease, despite the lack of anatomicopathological evidence.
Sonier
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Service de Neuroradiologie, Hôpital G et R Laënnec, Nantes.
Feve
J R
JR
De Kersaint-Gilly
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Ruchoux
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Rymer
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Auffray
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D000328:Adult; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000150:complications*; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed