A case of Lhermitte-Duclos disease presenting high FDG uptake on FDG-PET/CT

J Neurooncol. 2007 Sep;84(2):185-8. doi: 10.1007/s11060-007-9355-x. Epub 2007 Feb 27.

Abstract

Lhermitte-Duclos Disease (LDD) is a rare cerebellar lesion that has long been controversial as to whether the entity is a hamartoma, a malformation, or a neoplasm. Recent advances in metabolic imaging and molecular biology have unveiled biological features of LDD and a close relationship between LDD and Cowden disease. Adult onset LDD is now considered identical to Cowden disease in a US guideline. We present a case of LDD, in which high fluorodeoxy glucose (FDG) uptake was shown on PET/CT. We performed dual time point scans, in which a delayed scan exhibited more intense FDG uptake by the hamartomatous lesion than an early scan. We must remain aware of the possibility of LDD when intense accumulation is observed in a cerebellar lesion on FDG-PET/CT imaging.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / complications
  • Aged
  • Cerebellum / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cerebellum / pathology
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple / complications
  • Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / complications
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18