title: L'hermitte-Duclos disease in an elderly patient: A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: L'hermitte-Duclos disease (LDD) is an extremely rare cerebellar lesion of uncertain etiology. Occasionally, the patients with LDD may even have sudden neurological deterioration due to acute heniation as seen in the present case report. It is also imperative to distinguish this disease from other malignant lesion of the cerebellum and cerebellar malformations with its varied natural course of history and hence better ability to prognosticate such patients. Herein, we reported a successfully treated case of LDD following a long history of vaguely defined neurological complaints in an elderly patient and reviewed the literature.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Diskapi Training and Research Hospital, Duzce, Turkey.
authors: Ersin
authors: E
authors: Ozeren
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Diskapi Training and Research Hospital, Duzce, Turkey.
authors: Levent
authors: L
authors: Gurses
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Diskapi Training and Research Hospital, Duzce, Turkey.
authors: Mehmet
authors: M
authors: Sorar
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey.
authors: Uygur
authors: U
authors: Er
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Diskapi Training and Research Hospital, Duzce, Turkey.
authors: Evrim
authors: E
authors: Önder
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Diskapi Training and Research Hospital, Duzce, Turkey.
authors: Ata Türker
authors: AT
authors: Arıkök
keywords: Dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma; L’hermitte–Duclos disease; elderly; magnetic resonance imaging