Recurrent dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma (Lhermitte-Duclos disease) presenting with subarachnoid haemorrhage

S R Stapleton; P R Wilkins; B A Bell

doi:10.3109/02688699209002919

Recurrent dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma (Lhermitte-Duclos disease) presenting with subarachnoid haemorrhage

Br J Neurosurg. 1992;6(2):153-6. doi: 10.3109/02688699209002919.

Authors

S R Stapleton¹, P R Wilkins, B A Bell

Affiliation

¹ Atkinson Morley's Hospital, Wimbledon, London, UK.

PMID: 1590970
DOI: 10.3109/02688699209002919

Abstract

A case of dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma recurring after 20 years and representing with subarachnoid haemorrhage is described. Evidence in favour of a neoplastic pathogenesis is presented.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cerebellar Neoplasms / pathology
Cerebellar Neoplasms / surgery*
Cerebellum / pathology
Craniotomy
Follow-Up Studies
Ganglioneuroma / pathology
Ganglioneuroma / surgery*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery*
Neurons / pathology
Postoperative Complications / pathology
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Reoperation
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / pathology
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / surgery*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed