Von Hippel Lindau Disease Secondary to c.491A>G Mutation Presenting With Papilledema and Bilateral Pheochromocytomas

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Identifier 20210220_nanos_posters_008
Title Von Hippel Lindau Disease Secondary to c.491A>G Mutation Presenting With Papilledema and Bilateral Pheochromocytomas
Creator Omar Solyman; Valencia Potter; Evelyn Paysse
Affiliation (OS) Research Institute of Ophthalmology, Giza, Egypt; (VP) Medical Scientist Training Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; (EP) Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Subject Optic Neuropathy; Pediatric Neuro-ophthalmology
Description VHL disease is a heritable multisystem neoplasia syndrome that is associated with a germline mutation of the VHL tumor suppressor gene on the short arm of chromosome 3 and is characterized by the presence of benign and malignant tumors including hemangioblastomas of the brain and retina; pheochromocytoma etc. Herein we present a case of VHL secondary to c.491A>G mutation who presented with bilateral papilledema as a manifestation of malignant hypertension secondary to bilateral pheochromocytoma. This report underscores the importance of multidisciplinary evaluation and work up of children presenting with optic disc edema.
Date 2021-02
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2021 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting 2021: Poster Session I: Neuro-Ophthalmic Disorders of Neurologic and Systemic Diseases
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2021. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6m964r0
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 1671495
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m964r0
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