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Recognition and management of von Hippel-Lindau disease
1Madigan Army Medical Center, Ft. Lewis, Tacoma, Washington.
American Family Physician
|November 1, 1994
Abstract:
Manifestations of von Hippel-Lindau disease include cerebellar tumors; renal, pancreatic and epididymal cysts; retinal angiomatosis; pheochromocytomas, and renal cell carcinoma. Patients who present with manifestations from one of the lesions associated with the disease are often incorrectly assumed to have an isolated lesion. First-degree relatives of a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease have a 50 percent chance of developing the disease. Therefore, these individuals require close surveillance and careful management.