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The '''von Hippel-Lindau syndrome''' is characterized by (mnemonic: ''HIPPEL''):<ref>URL: [http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/pdf/2002_09_full_abr_8x11.pdf http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/pdf/2002_09_full_abr_8x11.pdf]. Accessed on: 11 September 2008.</ref> | The '''von Hippel-Lindau disease''', also '''von Hippel-Lindau syndrome''' is characterized by (mnemonic: ''HIPPEL''):<ref>URL: [http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/pdf/2002_09_full_abr_8x11.pdf http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/pdf/2002_09_full_abr_8x11.pdf]. Accessed on: 11 September 2008.</ref> | ||
*[[Hemanigoblastoma]]s. | *[[Hemanigoblastoma]]s. | ||
*Increased [[Kidney_tumours#Hereditary_RCC|renal cancer]] (clear cell RCC). | *Increased [[Kidney_tumours#Hereditary_RCC|renal cancer]] (clear cell RCC). | ||
*Pheochromocytoma. | *Pheochromocytoma. | ||
*Port-wine stains, skin lesion - looks like spilled wine; think [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gorbatschow_DR-Forum_129_b2.jpg ''Mikhail Gorbachev'']. | *Port-wine stains, skin lesion - looks like spilled wine; think [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gorbatschow_DR-Forum_129_b2.jpg ''Mikhail Gorbachev'']. | ||
*Eye dysfunction | *Eye dysfunction and Endolymphatic sac tumours.<ref name=Ref_PSNP440>{{Ref PSNP|440}}</ref> | ||
*[[Liver]] cysts, [[pancreas]] cysts (serous microcystic adenoma) & [[kidney]] cysts. | **Eye dysfunction = retinal angiomas,<ref name=pmid10804089>{{cite journal |author=Harris AL |title=von Hippel-Lindau syndrome: target for anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor therapy |journal=Oncologist |volume=5 Suppl 1 |issue= |pages=32–6 |year=2000 |pmid=10804089 |doi= |url=http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/cgi/content-nw/full/5/suppl_1/32/T1}}</ref> (or ''retinal hemangioblastomas''<ref name=Ref_PSNP440>{{Ref PSNP|440}}</ref> -- depending on the source) . | ||
*[[Liver]] cysts, [[pancreas]] cysts (serous microcystic adenoma), pancreatic islet cell tumours & [[kidney]] cysts. | |||
Bare bones version: | Bare bones version: |
Revision as of 01:16, 5 November 2010
The von Hippel-Lindau disease, also von Hippel-Lindau syndrome is characterized by (mnemonic: HIPPEL):[1]
- Hemanigoblastomas.
- Increased renal cancer (clear cell RCC).
- Pheochromocytoma.
- Port-wine stains, skin lesion - looks like spilled wine; think Mikhail Gorbachev.
- Eye dysfunction and Endolymphatic sac tumours.[2]
- Liver cysts, pancreas cysts (serous microcystic adenoma), pancreatic islet cell tumours & kidney cysts.
Bare bones version:
- Hippel-Lindau, with H and L as above.
Prevalence
- 1 in 40,000 live births.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ URL: http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/pdf/2002_09_full_abr_8x11.pdf. Accessed on: 11 September 2008.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Perry, Arie; Brat, Daniel J. (2010). Practical Surgical Neuropathology: A Diagnostic Approach: A Volume in the Pattern Recognition series (1st ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 440. ISBN 978-0443069826.
- ↑ Harris AL (2000). "von Hippel-Lindau syndrome: target for anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor therapy". Oncologist 5 Suppl 1: 32–6. PMID 10804089. http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/cgi/content-nw/full/5/suppl_1/32/T1.
- ↑ Singh AD, Shields CL, Shields JA (2001). "von Hippel-Lindau disease". Surv Ophthalmol 46 (2): 117–42. PMID 11578646.