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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
A 38-year-old man presented with a dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma associated with a paraspinal arteriovenous fistula (AVF) at the upper cervical portion. Neuroimaging examination indicated the diagnosis of Lhermitte-Duclos disease. The patient was treated by embolization of the AVF followed by partial resection of the cerebellar tumor. Genetic examination showed a mutation of the phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN) gene. Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis. Lhermitte-Duclos disease is a rare dysplastic gangliocytoma manifesting as a slowly growing mass in the cerebellum and is usually asymptomatic. This case of Lhermitte-Duclos disease associated with paraspinal AVF and mutation of the PTEN gene suggests a relationship between Lhermitte-Duclos disease and Cowden disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0470-8105
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
446-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Lhermitte-Duclos disease with cervical paraspinal arteriovenous fistula.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Traumatology, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. akiyuki@sapmed.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports