Lhermitte-Duclos disease and pregnancy

english

2006

volume 40, issue 1

Cerebellar Neoplasms   human pregnancy   Magnetic Resonance Imaging   Pregnancy   Tomography, X-Ray Computed   tumor

Društvo radiologije in onkologije
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

Background. Lhermitte-Duclos disease or dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum is a rare disorder that can cause progressive mass effects to the structures occupying posterior fossa. Magnetic resonance imaging is a diagnostic modality of choice demonstrating characteristic non-enhancing gyriform pattern with the enlargement of cerebellar folia, hypointense on T1 and hyperintense on T2 weighted magnetic resonance images. Case report. The authors present a case of 37-year old woman with previously unknown Lhermitte-Duclos disease in the third trimester of pregnancy from the first signs of the disease to the first six months after delivery. Conclusions. Moreexperience will be needed with this disease in pregnancy and post deliveryperiod to recommend pregnancy for women with such condition. However, this case shows that a pregnant woman with Lhermitte-Duclos disease could reach full-term pregnancy and deliver a healthy child, without lifethreateningrisk.

16.09.2009