title: Diffusion-weighted MRI in Lhermitte-Duclos disease: report of two cases.
abstract: Lhermitte-Duclos disease is a rare benign lesion of uncertain pathogenesis characterized by distortion of the normal cerebellar laminar cytoarchitecture. There is a characteristic MR imaging appearance of a nonenhancing mass in the cerebellar hemisphere with a striated pattern. We report two cases of Lhermitte-Duclos disease and describe findings on diffusion-weighted MR imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. moonis@rad.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Gul
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moonis
authors.forename: Mahanad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: Elias R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Melhem
mesh_terms: D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged