# von Hippel–Lindau disease

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A type of angiophakomatosis, caused by certain DNA sequence variants (in the VHL gene).

## Etymology
The German ophthalmologist Eugen von Hippel first described angiomas in the eye in 1904. Arvid Lindau described the angiomas of the cerebellum and spine in 1927.

## Source
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