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Von Hippel-Lindau Disease: A New Approach to an Old Problem
Author(s) -
Ali Tootee,
Shirin Hasani Ranjbar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1726-9148
pISSN - 1726-913X
DOI - 10.5812/ijem.4510
Subject(s) - medicine , von hippel–lindau disease , disease , hemangioblastoma , pheochromocytoma , referral , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , pathology , bioinformatics , family medicine , biology
Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a hereditary, autosomal dominant syndrome which is manifested by a range of different benign and malignant tumors. This disease can present with different clinical presentations such as; retinal angioma (RA), hemangioblastoma (HB) of the central nervous system (CNS), pheochromocytoma (Pheo), and epididymal cystadenoma. Tumors are usually accompanied with cysts.

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