Hippel-Lindau Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Hippel-Lindau syndrome is a hereditary benign tumor disease primarily of the retina and cerebellum. It is due to a malformation of the blood vessels. Other organs may also be affected. What is Hippel-Lindau syndrome? Hippel-Lindau syndrome represents a very rare benign tumor-like tissue change mainly in the retina and cerebellum. So-called angiomas (blood sponges) occur … Hippel-Lindau Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Angioblastoma

Angioblastoma is the short version for hemangioblastoma. Hemangioblastomas belong to the benign tumors of the central nervous system. They usually grow from the spinal cord or the posterior fossa of the skull. Angioblastomas can occur sporadically or in a familial cluster and then manifest as Von Hippel-Lindau disease. An angioblastoma typically grows together with a … Angioblastoma