A surgically treated case of Lhermitte-Duclos disease with a precise natural history and high uptake of FDG on PET.
We describe herein a surgically treated case of Lhermitte-Duclos disease in a 33-year-old man. The clinical presentation seemed typical in terms of symptoms, neurological signs, and neuroimaging. High and heterogenous fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in positron emission tomography study is presented and discussed. Furthermore, we performed volumetric analysis of the tumor with sequential magnetic resonance imaging over the course of 7 years before surgery, making this report the first with a long-term natural history, revealing that this rare disease entity may have a neoplastic nature.
Goto
Yuko
Y
Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamadaoka 2-2, E6 Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Hashimoto
Naoya
N
Okita
Yoshiko
Y
Goto
Tetsu
T
Rabo
Carter
C
Hirayama
Hiroshi
H
Horikawa
Yoshiharu
Y
Kinoshita
Manabu
M
Kagawa
Naoki
N
Yoshimine
Toshiki
T
D000328:Adult; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006223:Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18