More than It Meets the Eye! Vision Loss as a Presenting Symptom of von Hippel–Lindau Disease

Optic neuritis has many mimics. Careful history and fundus examination are paramount in making the correct diagnosis. Here we present a case of bilateral vision loss in a 15-year-old male who subsequently developed hypertensive crises. Subsequent evaluation showed pheochromocytoma and genetic screen...

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Autores principales: Nair, Aditya V, Vijayaraghavan, Asish, Alexander, Pullumpallil T, Mani, Arun M, Giridhar, Divya, Mathew, Vivek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7847098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33531956
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpn.JPN_24_20
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Sumario:Optic neuritis has many mimics. Careful history and fundus examination are paramount in making the correct diagnosis. Here we present a case of bilateral vision loss in a 15-year-old male who subsequently developed hypertensive crises. Subsequent evaluation showed pheochromocytoma and genetic screening confirmed Von Hippel–Lindau disease.

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