PMID: 21528239
Two Swedish families with von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) were analyzed. Family A was previously reported (PMID 7700111; Wiklund et al., 1995) and the following provides an update on the family. Family A consists of 21 individuals over four generations, 8 of which are carriers, affected by, or suspected to be affected by VHL disease. 3 of the 8 members had died from VHL related tumors, and it is unclear if they were genetically tested for the family mutation. Genetic analysis from available blood samples revealved a germline familial VHL frameshift mutation S183fs (c.548delC, originally written in paper as legacy notation c.761delC). The remaining 5 of the 8 family members were found with this mutation, identifying 3 individuals with VHL disease, 1 individual who developed VHL disease during the time of the study (renal carcinoma and symptomatic cerebellar hemangioma), and 1 asymptomatic carrier. Individual patient phenotypic and demographic data was not available. The paper does describe that overall, 5 of the 8 family members had renal carcinoma, 5/8 multiple cerebellar hemangiomas, 2/8 angiomatosis retinae and 1/8 had an epidymidal tumor. ACMG: PP4 PP1