Malignant occipital astrocytoma in a patient with Lhermitte-Duclos disease (cerebellar dysplastic gangliocytoma)

Z Domingo; N D Fisher-Jeffes; J C de Villiers

doi:10.1080/02688699650040610

Malignant occipital astrocytoma in a patient with Lhermitte-Duclos disease (cerebellar dysplastic gangliocytoma)

Br J Neurosurg. 1996 Feb;10(1):99-102. doi: 10.1080/02688699650040610.

Authors

Z Domingo¹, N D Fisher-Jeffes, J C de Villiers

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

PMID: 8672269
DOI: 10.1080/02688699650040610

Abstract

A case of Lhermitte-Duclos disease (dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum) is described. Seventeen years after the diagnosis was made, the patient developed a malignant astrocytoma of the cerebrum, an association only once previously reported. The clinical presentation and radiological features are presented.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Astrocytoma / complications*
Astrocytoma / diagnosis
Astrocytoma / pathology*
Brain Neoplasms / complications
Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
Cerebellar Neoplasms / complications*
Cerebellar Neoplasms / pathology*
Cerebellum / pathology*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / complications
Female
Ganglioneuroma / complications*
Ganglioneuroma / pathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Occipital Lobe / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed