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)?
Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is a genetic disease. It is inherited, which means that it is passed down from parent to child.
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- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is a rare, genetic multi-system disorder in which non-cancerous tumors grow in certain ...
- Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome (American Society of Clinical Oncology)What is von Hippel-Lindau disease?Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL) is a hereditary condition associated with tumors arising in multiple organs. VHL-related ...
- Von Hippel-Lindau Disease/Clinical Trials ... Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
- ... Kidney Cancer Syndromes includes the hereditary cancer syndromes von Hippel-Lindau disease, hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer, Birt-Hogg- ...
- 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 ( ...
- ... 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- ...
- Risk Factors for Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors (American Cancer Society)Brain Tumors/Prevention and Risk Factors ... Brain Tumors ... American Cancer Society ... Many risk factors may increase your chance of developing cancer. Learn more ...
- Risk Factors for Kidney Cancer (American Cancer Society)Kidney Cancer/Prevention and Risk Factors ... Kidney Cancer ... American Cancer Society ... Certain risk factors may increase your chance of developing kidney cancer. ...
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