[Von Hippel-Lindau disease: atypical presentation]

Actas Urol Esp. 2004 Feb;28(2):138-40. doi: 10.1016/s0210-4806(04)73053-3.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Objective: To describe an atypical presentation of von Hippel-Lindau disease.

Material and methods: We present the clinical, diagnostic and treatment of the urological signs of this disease, which has overcoat a neurological management, in a young man with familiar history of it.

Conclusions: The basic knowledge of the von Hippel-Lindau disease is important for the urologist because the urological signs of it, are common and they make up one of the most important causes of morbility and mortality.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Urologic Diseases / etiology
  • von Hippel-Lindau Disease / complications
  • von Hippel-Lindau Disease / diagnostic imaging*