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Familial incidence of obstructive hydrocephalus due to posterior fossa tumours leading to the diagnosis of von Hippel-Lindau disease--a case report.
Folia neuropathologica - 1 Jan 2002
Bogucki Jacek, Taraszewska Anna, Baraniecka Jolanta, Czernicki Zbigniew
Abstract excerpt
Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHLD) is an autosomal dominant disorder predisposing to the development of different histological types of tumours with predominance of CNS haemangioblastomas in the majority of cases. We present a case of a 35-year-old man with obstructive hydrocephalus due to multiple posterior fossa tumours. Familial history revealed two relatives operated on previously because of a posterior fossa...
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