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Von Hippel-Lindau Disease

What is Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL)?

Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is a rare disease that causes tumors and cysts to grow in your body. They can grow in your brain and spinal cord, kidneys, pancreas, adrenal glands, and reproductive tract. The tumors are usually benign (non-cancerous). But some tumors, such as those in the kidney and pancreas, can become cancerous.

What causes Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL)?

VHL is a genetic disease. It is inherited, which means that it is passed down from parent to child.

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Results 1 - 10 of 14 for Von "Hippel-Lindau" syndrome
  1. Von Hippel-Lindau Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL)? Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is a rare disease that causes tumors and cysts to grow in your body. They can grow in your brain and spinal ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/vonhippellindaudisease.html - Health Topics
  2. Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome 
    Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome is an inherited disorder characterized by the formation of tumors and fluid-filled sacs (cysts) in many different parts of the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/von-hippel-lindau-syndrome - Genetics
  3. VHL gene 
    ... type of paraganglioma). Pheochromocytomas are a feature of von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, but they and other paragangliomas can also occur ... disrupt the function of the protein. As in von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, when the VHL protein is altered, the HIF- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/vhl - Genetics
  4. Hereditary paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma 
    ... in individuals with other inherited disorders, such as von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, Carney-Stratakis syndrome, and certain types of multiple ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...hereditary-paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma - Genetics
  5. Brain tumor - primary - adults 
    ... increase the risk of brain tumors, including neurofibromatosis, Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, and Turcot syndrome. Lymphomas that ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007222.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Belzutifan 
    Belzutifan is used in adults with von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL; a rare disease that causes tumors and cysts) to treat renal cell carcinoma (RCC; kidney cancer), central nervous system (CNS) hemangioblastomas ( ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a621047.html - Drugs and Supplements
  7. search?cond="von+Hippel-Lindau+Disease"&aggFilters=status:not rec From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Von Hippel-Lindau Disease/Clinical Trials ... Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...dau+Disease"&aggFilters=status:not rec - National Institutes of Health
  8. von-hippel-lindau-disease-vhl From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    Von Hippel-Lindau Disease/Learn More ... Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
    https://www.ninds.nih.gov/.../von-hippel-lindau-disease-vhl - National Institutes of Health
  9. von-hippel-lindau-disease From the National Institutes of Health (Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center)  
    Von Hippel-Lindau Disease/Learn More ... Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
    https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/.../7855/von-hippel-lindau-disease - National Institutes of Health
  10. Renal cell carcinoma 
    ... pills or water pills (diuretics) Polycystic kidney disease Von Hippel-Lindau disease (a hereditary disease that affects blood vessels in ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000516.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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