Familial phaeochromocytoma with von Hippel's disease in one sister and ectopic adrenal cortex in the kidney in another.
Two sisters with bilateral adrenal phaeochromocytomas are reported. Von Hippel's disease of the retina was found in the one and ectopic adrenal cortical tissue was found in the kidney of the other. The latter association has not previously been described with familial phaeochromocytoma.
D000302:Adrenal Cortex; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D012160:Retina; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000150:complications