Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) Flashcards
Most common location hemangioblastomas
cerebellar
2nd location retina
Subtype VHL
Type I > HGB
Type 2 A > pheochromocytoma
Type 2B > pheochromocytoma+ HGB + RCC
Type 2 C > pheochromocytoma
MCC location HCB cerebellum e
cerebellar hemispheres ( posterior superior 1/2)
MCC location HGB spine
Cervical and thoracic posterior 1/2
90% spinal HGB are VHL
90 % spinal HGB sryngiomylia
Brain stem HGB
posterior medulla oblongata usually around the obex and the region within the area postrema
endolymphatic sac tumors (ELST) MCC location VHL
Petrous portion of temporal bone 🦴
Bilateral hearing loss + tinnitus
MCC malignant tumor in VHL
RCC
Surgery indicated if size < 3 cm
Medical tx for VHL
belzutifan (Welireg), an hypoxia-inducible factor inhibitor
Effective HGB pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors than RCC.
SRS in HGB indication
Asymptomatic
> 5 mm cystic or progress in size
Radiosurgery CI🚫
HGB with cyst
Radiation dose cranial and spine
Cranial 22 GY
Spinal 21 GY
VHL present at age
60
Gen VHL
germline variants of the VHL tumor suppressor gene 3p 25.3