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*[[Cerebellum|Cerebellar]] lesion.
*[[Cerebellum|Cerebellar]] lesion.
*May be associated with [[Cowden syndrome]].<ref name=omim158350>{{OMIM|158350}}</ref>
*May be associated with [[Cowden syndrome]].<ref name=omim158350>{{OMIM|158350}}</ref>
*Rarely bilateral.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bozbuga | first1 = M. | last2 = Gulec | first2 = I. | last3 = Suslu | first3 = HT. | last4 = Bayindir | first4 = C. | title = Bilateral Lhermitte-Duclos disease. | journal = Neurol India | volume = 58 | issue = 2 | pages = 309-11 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.4103/0028-3886.63799 | PMID = 20508358 }}</ref>
*ICD-O code: 9493/0


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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*Large (polygonal) cells with round nuclei and prominent nucleoli in the inner (granular) layer - '''key feature'''.
*Large (polygonal) cells with round nuclei and prominent nucleoli in the inner (granular) layer - '''key feature'''.
*+/-Microcalcifications.
*+/-Microcalcifications.
==IHC==
*Synapto+ve.
*Calbindin+ve.
*PTEN-ve.
*MIB-1 almost absent.


===Images===
===Images===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma.jpg | LDD in cerebellar cross section (AFIP)
Image:Dysplastic gangliocytoma lhermitte duclos.jpg | LDD. (WC/Jensflorian)
Image:Dysplastic gangliocytoma lhermitte duclos.jpg | LDD. (WC/Jensflorian)
File:Lhermitte Duclos Luxol.jpg | LDD, Luxol fast blue stain. (WC/Sbrandner)
File:Lhermitte Duclos Calbindin.jpg | LDD, Calbindin. (WC/Sbrandner)
</gallery>
</gallery>
www:
www:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case472.html LDD - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case472.html LDD - several images (upmc.edu)].
==Molecular==
*PTEN inactivation. <ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chen | first1 = XY. | last2 = Lu | first2 = F. | last3 = Wang | first3 = YM. | last4 = Yang | first4 = Y. | last5 = Wei | first5 = GQ. | last6 = Wu | first6 = D. | last7 = Wang | first7 = LF. | last8 = Wu | first8 = YM. | title = PTEN inactivation by germline/somatic c.950_953delTACT mutation in patients with Lhermitte-Duclos disease manifesting progressive phenotypes. | journal = Clin Genet | volume = 86 | issue = 4 | pages = 349-54 | month = Oct | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1111/cge.12282 | PMID = 24102544 }}</ref>
**Mosaic forms reported.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Pritchard | first1 = CC. | last2 = Smith | first2 = C. | last3 = Marushchak | first3 = T. | last4 = Koehler | first4 = K. | last5 = Holmes | first5 = H. | last6 = Raskind | first6 = W. | last7 = Walsh | first7 = T. | last8 = Bennett | first8 = RL. | title = A mosaic PTEN mutation causing Cowden syndrome identified by deep sequencing. | journal = Genet Med | volume = 15 | issue = 12 | pages = 1004-7 | month = Dec | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1038/gim.2013.51 | PMID = 23619277 }}</ref>
==DDx:==
(Usually on imaging):
*Arachnoid vascular malformation <ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Huang | first1 = S. | last2 = Zhang | first2 = G. | last3 = Zhang | first3 = J. | title = Similar MR imaging characteristics but different pathological changes: a misdiagnosis for Lhermitte-Duclos disease and review of the literature. | journal = Int J Clin Exp Pathol | volume = 8 | issue = 6 | pages = 7583-7 | month =  | year = 2015 | doi =  | PMID = 26261673 }}</ref>
*Cerebellar [[Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma]]<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Takei | first1 = H. | last2 = Rouah | first2 = E. | last3 = Bhattacharjee | first3 = MB. | title = Cerebellar pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1: a case report and literature review. | journal = Int J Clin Exp Pathol | volume = 8 | issue = 6 | pages = 7570-4 | month =  | year = 2015 | doi =  | PMID = 26261671 }}</ref>
*[[Medulloblastoma]]<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Douglas-Akinwande | first1 = AC. | last2 = Payner | first2 = TD. | last3 = Hattab | first3 = EM. | title = Medulloblastoma mimicking Lhermitte-Duclos disease on MRI and CT. | journal = Clin Neurol Neurosurg | volume = 111 | issue = 6 | pages = 536-9 | month = Jul | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.01.008 | PMID = 19233547 }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Neuropathology tumours]]
[[Category:Neuropathology tumours]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:WHO grade I tumours]]
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