L’hermitte–Duclos Disease In An Infant: A Case Report With Review of Literature
Dr.UwaisRiazUlHasan, Dr. Khathija Hasan, Dr. Farooq Ahmed Qureshi, Dr. Shaima Khan, Dr. Victor Effiong Obong, Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Ahmed Alkhalaf, Dr. Mohammed AbdulMajeed Alghadeer, Dr. Ali AbdulMajeed Alghadeer, Dr. Ali Hussain AlShuhayb, Dr. Manar Abubaker Ahmed Bahammam, Dr. ShehlaRiazUlHasan, Dr. Moath AbdulAziz AlMasoud
Jacques Jean Lhermitte a French neurologist and P. Duclos in 1920 first described a growth in the
cerebellum gangliocytoma, as a rare hamartomata’s lesion due to abnormal development of the
cerebellum. Since then it has been called by many names Lhermitte-Duclos disease, dysplastic
gangliocytoma of the cerebellum, benign hypertrophy of the cerebellar cortex, granular cell hypertrophy
and Purkinjeoma. It is a characteristic radiological feature and there has been reported in over 200 cases
worldwide in adolescents [1] and old people but a handful of cases are detected and reported in infants.
We report a 6 month old male child whose parents reported a history of irritability and typical lion facies
with normal mile stones and radiological features of L’hermitte–Duclos disease.
