Von Hippel-Lindau disease (mnemonic)

Features of von Hippel-Lindau disease can be remembered by the mnemonic:

• HIPPEL

Mnemonic

• H: hemangioblastoma
• I: increased risk of renal cell cancer
• P: pheochromocytoma
• P: pancreatic lesions (cyst, cystadenoma, cystadenocarcinoma)
• E: eye dysfunction (retinal hemangioblastoma), endolymphatic sac tumors
• L: liver, renal and pancreatic cysts

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      • cutaneous manifestations of NF1
      • musculoskeletal manifestations of NF1
      • orbital manifestations of NF1
      • thoracic manifestations of NF1
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  • incontinentia pigmenti (Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome)
  • basal cell nevus syndrome (Gorlin-Goltz syndrome)
  • Wyburn-Mason syndrome (Bonnet-Dechaume-Blanc syndrome)
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  • hypomelanosis of Ito
  • Nijmegen breakage syndrome
  • epidermal nevus syndrome
    • Schimmelpenning syndrome
    • phacomatosis pigmentokeratotica
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    • angora hair nevus syndrome
    • Becker nevus syndrome
    • Proteus syndrome
    • type 2 segmental Cowden disease
    • CHILD syndrome
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