Lhermitte-Duclos disease

Introduction: Lhermitte-Duclos disease

Description of Lhermitte-Duclos disease

Lhermitte-Duclos disease (medical condition): A rare disorder characterized by a slow growing brain tumor located in the cerebellum.

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Lhermitte-Duclos disease: A hereditary disease characterized by multiple ectodermal, mesodermal, and endodermal nevoid and neoplastic anomalies. Papules of the face and oral mucosa are the most characteristic lesion. Other changes occur in the skin, in the thyroid, the breast, the gastrointestinal system, and the nervous system.
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Lhermitte-Duclos disease: Rare Disease

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Lhermitte-Duclos disease as a "rare disease".

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Lhermitte-Duclos disease as a Disease

Lhermitte-Duclos disease (medical condition): See Lhermitte-Duclos disease (disease information).
  »Introduction: Lhermitte-Duclos disease
  »Symptoms of Lhermitte-Duclos disease

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• Basic Summary for Lhermitte-Duclos disease
• Symptoms of Lhermitte-Duclos disease

Terms associated with Lhermitte-Duclos disease:

Terms Similar to Lhermitte-Duclos disease:

• Multiple hamartoma syndrome
• Cowden's syndrome
• Dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma

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External links related to: Lhermitte-Duclos disease

• Cowden's Disease - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• Cowden's Disease - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• GeneReviews: PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome
• eMedicine - Cowden Disease (Multiple Hamartoma Syndrome) : Article by Charles Miller, MD
• Cowden syndrome
• Cowden syndrome - Genetics Home Reference
• OMIM - COWDEN DISEASE; CD
• eMedicine - Gardner Syndrome and Other Intestinal Polyposis Syndromes : Article by Ann Scheimann, MD
• Lhermitte-Duclos syndrome (www.whonamedit.com)

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