Lhermitte-Duclos disease.
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).
Chiofalo
Maria Grazia
MG
Department of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Via S Caterina da Siena 78, 80132, Naples, Italy.
Cappabianca
Paolo
P
Del Basso De Caro
Maria Laura
ML
Pezzullo
Luciano
L
D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013965:Thyroidectomy