[Abdominal manifestations in von Hippel Lindau disease in a group of 7 patients and literature review.].
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.
Olea
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Hospitales Universitarios Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, España. isaolea@hotmail.com
Vargas
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Sobrino
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Domínguez
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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*