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von Hippel-Lindau Disease: Multimedia

Author: Germaine L Defendi, MD, MS, FAAP, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
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Updated: Apr 20, 2009

Multimedia

T1-weighted transaxial gadolinium-enhanced MRIs s...Media file 1: T1-weighted transaxial gadolinium-enhanced MRIs show a well-defined hypervascular enhancing mass.
T1-weighted transaxial gadolinium-enhanced MRIs s...

T1-weighted transaxial gadolinium-enhanced MRIs show a well-defined hypervascular enhancing mass.

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References

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Further Reading

Keywords

von Hippel-Lindau disease, von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, VHL syndrome, VHL, von Hippel-Lindau's disease, Hippel disease, Hippel's disease, Hippel-Lindau disease, VHL gene, chromosome 3, 3p26-p25, VHL proteins, pVHL, Knudson's theory of carcinogenesis, retinocerebral angiomatosis, Lindau disease, Lindau's disease, retinal hemangioblastomas, CNS hemangioblastomas, central nervous system hemangioblastomas, pheochromocytomas, renal cyst, pancreatic cyst, renal carcinoma, renal cancer, renal cell carcinoma, RCC, endolymphatic sac tumors, ELSTs, epididymal papillary cystadenomas, treatment, diagnosis, retinal detachment, macular edema, glaucoma, tinnitus

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Germaine L Defendi, MD, MS, FAAP, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Germaine L Defendi, MD, MS, FAAP is a member of the following medical societies: Ambulatory Pediatric Association and American Academy of Pediatrics
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Erawati V Bawle, MD, FAAP, FACMG, Division of Genetic and Metabolic Disorders, Children's Hospital of Michigan; Professor (Clinician-Educator), Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Erawati V Bawle, MD, FAAP, FACMG is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Medical Genetics, American Medical Association, and American Society of Human Genetics
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Managing Editor

Robert Anthony Saul, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Carolina; Senior Clinical Geneticist, Greenwood Genetic Center
Robert Anthony Saul, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Medical Genetics, and American College of Physician Executives
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CME Editor

Paul D Petry, DO, FACOP, FAAP, Consulting Staff, Freeman Pediatric Care, Freeman Health System
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Bruce Buehler, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Pathology and Microbiology, Executive Director, Hattie B Munroe Center for Human Genetics and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Bruce Buehler, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association on Mental Retardation, American College of Medical Genetics, American College of Physician Executives, American Medical Association, and Nebraska Medical Association
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