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Hippel-Lindau tumour
Also known as:
von Hippel-Lindau tumour
Hippel's disease
Lindau's tumour
Lindau-von Hippel disease
Associated persons:
Eugen von Hippel
Arvid Vilhelm Lindau
Description:
A disturbance characterised by angiomata of the retina and cysts and angiomata of the brain and certain visceral organs. It is a peculiar clinical form af von Hippel-Lindau disease. Inheritance is probably dominant, with a penetrance of 80-90%.
Bibliography:
- A. Lindau:
Studien über Kleinhirnzysten. Bau, Pathogenese und Beziehungen zur Angiomatosis retinae.
Acta Pathologica et Microbiologica Scandinavica, Copenhagen, 1926, 1:1.
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