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Updated: Jan 7 2016

Von Hippel-Lindau Disease

Snap Shot
  • A 5-year-old child presents with an occipital headache, an ataxic gait, nystagmus, and papilledema. CT shows a cranial hemangioma.
Introduction
  • Autosomal dominant 
    • Associated with deletion of VHL gene (tumor suppressor) on chromosome 3.
  • Leads to increased risk of:
    • multiple hemagiomas in various organs
    • hemangioblastomas
    • renal cell carcinoma
    • pheochromocytoma
Presentation
  • Mental status changes
  • Headache
  • Gait change
  • Hematuria
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