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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian Journal of Oncology 2022; 08(03): 136-139
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1748638
Case Report

A Radiological Curiosity of a Rare Diagnosis: Lhermitte-Duclos Disease

Wilson Bizimana
1   Central Radiology Department, UHC Ibn SINA, Mohamed V. University, Rabat, Morocco
,
Rita Oze Koudouhonon
1   Central Radiology Department, UHC Ibn SINA, Mohamed V. University, Rabat, Morocco
,
Suzanne Rita Aubin Igombe
1   Central Radiology Department, UHC Ibn SINA, Mohamed V. University, Rabat, Morocco
,
Waïs A. Amarkak
1   Central Radiology Department, UHC Ibn SINA, Mohamed V. University, Rabat, Morocco
,
Khadija Benelhosni
1   Central Radiology Department, UHC Ibn SINA, Mohamed V. University, Rabat, Morocco
,
Ittimade Nassar
1   Central Radiology Department, UHC Ibn SINA, Mohamed V. University, Rabat, Morocco
,
Nabil Billah Moatassim
1   Central Radiology Department, UHC Ibn SINA, Mohamed V. University, Rabat, Morocco
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Abstract

Lhermitte–Duclos disease (LDD) is a rare cerebellar lesion, described in 1920 by two French physicians: Lhermitte and Duclos. The clinical presentation is usually made of neurological symptoms. This lesion is characterized by a hamartomatous lesion in the posterior fossa. Mainly diagnosed by MRI, when it comes to preoperative, the T2-weightened MRI demonstrates the classical “tiger-striped” pattern. The definitive diagnosis, nonetheless, is histopathological. The treatment for LDD consists of surgical decompression or excision. We present here a rare case of a woman who developed neurological symptoms that led to LDD diagnosis to describe protocol MRI imaging, the main findings and their pathophysiological meanings.

Keywords

Lhermitte Duclos disease - tiger striping sign - cerebellum

Authors' Contributions

W.B. contributed toward writing the manuscript and organizing images and corresponding author's submission. R.O.K.G. contributed to radiological image search and proofreading of the manuscript. S.R.A.I. and W.A.A. contributed toward proofreading and approval of the manuscript. K.B. reviewed and approved the manuscript. N.B.M. did the conception of input, manuscript reviewing, and final approval of the manuscript. I.N. supervised and approved the final manuscript.




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22 June 2022

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