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Von Hippel‐Lindau's angiomatosis ‐ a disease with multiple manifestations
Author(s) -
Tuppurainen Kaija,
Teräsvirta Markku
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb06840.x
Subject(s) - angiomatosis , von hippel–lindau disease , sister , medicine , retinal , disease , pathology , ophthalmology , sociology , anthropology
We describe a Finnish family, in which two sisters, 54 and 57 years of age, have bilateral retinal hemangiomas, cerebral/cerebellar symptoms, renal adenocarcinomas and renal cysts. Two daughters of the younger sister have bilateral retinal angiomas; three daughters and a son are unaffected.