title: Lhermitte-Duclos disease.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Via S Caterina da Siena 78, 80132, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Chiofalo
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cappabianca
authors.forename: Maria Laura
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Del Basso De Caro
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pezzullo
mesh_terms: 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