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von hippel-lindau disease

These patients tend to develop angiomas (blood vessel abnormalities) in the retina, hemangioblastomas (often of cerebellum) of the brain and spinal cord, renal cell carcinoma, pheochromocytomas, and other abnormalities.  If the lesion in the cerebellum becomes the problem, patients may present with nausea, vomiting, and headache.  This disease is grouped in a category known as the neurocutaneous disorders.

 

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