Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) disease is a rare disorder, characterized by the development of a variety of benign and malignant tumors. It is autosomal dominantly inherited disease that causes retinal or central nervous system hemangioblastomas, endolymphatic sac tumors, renal cell carcinomas, pancreatic cysts and tumors, pheochromocytoma and epididymal cystadenomas. The condition is associated with inactivation of a tumor suppression gene.C...