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Erschienen in: Child's Nervous System 5/2016

09.12.2015 | Case Report

Pseudotumoral hemicerebellitis as a mimicker of Lhermitte-Duclos disease in children: does neuroimaging help to differentiate them?

verfasst von: Thangamadhan Bosemani, Maja Steinlin, Sandra P. Toelle, Jürgen Beck, Eugen Boltshauser, Thierry A. G. M. Huisman, Andrea Poretti

Erschienen in: Child's Nervous System | Ausgabe 5/2016

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Abstract

The clinical presentation and neuroimaging findings of children with pseudotumoral hemicerebellitis (PTHC) and Lhermitte-Duclos disease (LDD) may be very similar. The differentiation between these entities, however, is important because their management and prognosis are different. We report on three children with PTHC. For all three children, in the acute situation, the differentiation between PTHC and LDD was challenging. A review of the literature shows that a detailed evaluation of conventional and neuroimaging data may help to differentiate between these two entities. A striated folial pattern, brainstem involvement, and prominent veins surrounding the thickened cerebellar foliae on susceptibility weighted imaging favor LDD, while post-contrast enhancement and an increased choline peak on 1H-Magnetic resonance spectroscopy suggest PTHC.
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Metadaten
Titel
Pseudotumoral hemicerebellitis as a mimicker of Lhermitte-Duclos disease in children: does neuroimaging help to differentiate them?
verfasst von
Thangamadhan Bosemani
Maja Steinlin
Sandra P. Toelle
Jürgen Beck
Eugen Boltshauser
Thierry A. G. M. Huisman
Andrea Poretti
Publikationsdatum
09.12.2015
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Child's Nervous System / Ausgabe 5/2016
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-2977-y

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