title: [Abdominal manifestations in von Hippel Lindau disease in a group of 7 patients and literature review.].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the radiologic findings (ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance) of the abdominal manifestations in von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL).
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively reviewed the imaging studies performed to seven patients diagnosed of VHL in our hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all exmined patients, abdominal involvement was found. All of them showed renal affectation: cysts or renal cell carcinoma. Pancreatic involvement was found in the majority of patients: simple cysts, serous cystadenomas and one neuroendocrine tumor. One patient had a papillary cystadenoma of the broad ligament.
authors.affiliation: Hospitales Universitarios Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, España. isaolea@hotmail.com
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Olea
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sobrino
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Domínguez
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*