A family with coexistent von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis and von Hippel-Lindau's disease. Diseases possibly derived from a common gene

Neurology. 1975 Sep;25(9):840-4. doi: 10.1212/wnl.25.9.840.

Abstract

A large kindred has two coexistent neurocutaneous syndromes: Certain members appear to have von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis (cutaneous neurofibromata, cafe-au-lait spots), others have von Hippel-Lindau's disease (angiomatosis retinae, renal cell carcinomas, pancreatic cysts), and at least one individual has a combined syndrome (neurofibromata, cafe-au-lait spots, pheochromocytomas, cerebellar hemangioblastoma, renal cell carcinoma, pancreatic cysts). Inheritance may be through either two separate genes segregating coincidentally in this family, or a unique single gene with pleiotropic expressivity.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Angiomatosis / genetics*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / complications
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / genetics*
  • Pedigree
  • von Hippel-Lindau Disease / complications
  • von Hippel-Lindau Disease / genetics*