Goto Y, Hashimoto N, Okita Y, Goto T, Rabo C, Hirayama H, Horikawa Y, Kinoshita M, Kagawa N, Yoshimine T. A surgically treated case of Lhermitte-Duclos disease with a precise natural history and high uptake of FDG on PET.
J Neurooncol 2009;
97:445-50. [PMID:
19904496 DOI:
10.1007/s11060-009-0042-y]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2009] [Accepted: 10/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
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.
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