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Importância do exame oftalmológico na doença de von Hippel-Lindau The importance of the ophthalmological examination in von Hippel-Lindau disease

Authors :
Ricardo Evangelista Marrocos de Aragão
Iêda Maria Alexandre Barreira
Andreya Ferreira Rodrigues Bezerra
Régia Maria Gondim Ramos
Felipe Bezerra Alves Pereira
Source :
Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, Vol 68, Iss 4, Pp 241-244 (2009)
Publication Year :
2009
Publisher :
Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 2009.

Abstract

Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) é uma síndrome tumoral autossômica dominante. Esses tumores incluem hemangioblastoma da retina e sistema nervoso central (CSN), carcinoma de células renais, feocromocitoma, tumores de pâncreas, cistoadenoma de rins, pâncreas e epidídimo. Os sintomas mais comuns são perda da visão, aumento da pressão intracraniana, déficits neurológicos, aumento da pressão arterial sistêmica paradoxal e dor local. Relatamos o caso de um paciente com perda de visão e história de hemangiomas cerebelares cujo diagnóstico de VHL foi feito após exame oftalmológico.Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is an autossomical, dominant inherited tumour syndrom. These tumours may include haemangioblastoma in the retina and central nervous system (CNS), renal cell carcinoma, phaeochromocytoma, islet cell tumours of the pancreas, cystadenoma in the kidney, pancreas, and epididymis. The most common symptoms include: loss of vision, raised intracranial pressure, neurological deficits, paroxysmal raised blood pressure and local pain. We report herein a 29-year-old man with visual loss and cerebellar haemangioblastoma that despite neurological manifestations the diagnosis of VHL was established after the ophthalmological examanination.

Details

Language :
English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
ISSN :
00347280
Volume :
68
Issue :
4
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2d0da9c7e447e5927a92ec8e0a65ef
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-72802009000400010