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Lhermitte-Duclos disease

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A 46-year-old female patient with previously recognized Graves’ ophthalmopathy, underwent total thyroidectomy. After thyroid surgery exophthalmos worsened and signs unsteadiness of gait appeared. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a lesion in the basal portion of the left cerebellar hemisphere. Therefore, the patient underwent surgery. Pathological examination revealed dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum (Lhermitte-Duclos disease).

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  1. Department of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Via S Caterina da Siena 78, 80132, Naples, Italy

    Maria Grazia Chiofalo

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

    Paolo Cappabianca

  3. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

    Maria Laura Del Basso De Caro

  4. Department of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Via M. Semmola 2, 80131, Naples, Italy

    Luciano Pezzullo

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Chiofalo, M.G., Cappabianca, P., Del Basso De Caro, M.L. et al. Lhermitte-Duclos disease. J Neurooncol 82, 183–185 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-006-9263-5

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