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    1. A 22-year-old man complained of a shadow in his right eye and was diagnosed with retinal detachment secondary to a retinal hemangioblastoma. His family history was noncontributory and physical examination normal except for a right epididymal cyst. Laboratory studies were unremarkable. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of his brain revealed a hypervascular lesion in the medulla (large arrow; Figure A) and a smaller lesion at the medullary-spinal cord junction (small arrow; Figure A). A T2-weighted abdominal MRI demonstrated innumerable pancreatic cysts (Figure B) and multiple benign-appearing renal cysts. After surgical resection of the retinal hemangioblastoma, the patient remains asymptomatic. What is the diagnosis?

      PatientID: None

      KindredID: 1

      Case: M, 22Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: No notable family history.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000541; HP:0010797; HP:0009711; HP:0030424; HP:0005562; HP:0001737 (Retinal detachment, Hemangioblastoma, Retinal capillary hemangioblastoma, Epididymal cyst, Multiple renal cysts, Pancreatic cysts)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Complained of a shadow in his right eye and was diagnosed with retinal detachment secondary to a retinal hemangioblastoma. MRI of the brain revealed a hyper vascular lesion in the medulla and a smaller lesion at the medullary-spinal cord junction. Weighted abdominal MRI revealed innumerable pancreatic cysts and multiple benign-appearing renal cysts. After surgical resection of the retinal hemangioblastoma, the patient remains asymptomatic.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

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      Variant: p.K159* (c.474_475insT)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: CA432423112, https://reg.clinicalgenome.org/redmine/projects/registry/genboree_registry/allele?hgvsOrDescriptor=NM_000551.3%3Ac.474_475insT

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: Reported as: NT474INST. Authors state that this is believed to be a novel sporadic mutation.

      MutationType: insertion; plus_1_frameshift_variant; stop_gained

      CivicName: K159* (c.474_475insT)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. PatientID: III-9

      KindredID: 1

      Case: F, 32Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Large multigenerational family with a history of both VHL and spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2). Screening for clinical and genetic diagnostics were gathered as well as thorough information on non-living members. See family pedigree (Fig. 1).

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010797; HP:0009711; HP:0000541; HP:0002542; HP:0001737; HP:0000107; HP:0030405; HP:0001272; HP:0007366; HP:0010873; HP:0001251; HP:0001260; HP:0001310 (hemangioblastoma, Retinal capillar hemangioma, Retinal detachment, Olivopontocerebellar atrophy, Pancreatic cysts, Renal cyst, Pancreatic endocrine tumor, Cerebellar atrophy, Atrophy/Degeneration affecting the brainstem, Cervical spinal cord atrophy, Ataxia, Dysarthria, Dysmetria)

      CaseHPOFreeText: diagnosed with VHL in her early teenage years. She had retinal involvement beginning at the age of 13 treated by cryotherapy and laser therapy (presumably for retinal angiomas); and retinal detachment at the age of 23 requiring eye surgery. She had cysts of the pancreas and kidney detected at 22 years. She has also carried the diagnosis of OPCA since the age of 26-28 (new onset slurred speech and illegible handwriting). Patient had multiple renal cysts without renal tumours, however a large infiltrative enhancing mass in the tail of the pancreas was suggestive of a neuroendocrine/islet cell carcinoma, and liver metastatic foci

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

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      Variant: p.E160Sfs*10 (c.477delA)

      LegacyVariant: c.688delA

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: c.477del, p.Glu160Serfs10 should be used. Details: 477del same as 475delA bc that codon is AAA so doesn't matter which A gets deleted: there is an A at 475 476 477 so for HGVS we say that 477 (the latter) is deleted since that follows HGVS nomenclature. Thus use c.477del: p.Glu160Serfs10

      ClinVarID: 182959 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/182959/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: minus_1_frameshift_variant

      CivicName: E160fs (c.477del)

      MultipleGeneVariants: SCA2 (an abnormal increase in CAG repeats in one allele of her ataxin-2 gene. This abnormal trinucleotide expansion is consistent with the diagnosis of spinocerebellar ataxia type 2)

    1. DIP–22–22Renal cysts, pancreatic cyst, and accessory spleen1

      PatientID: IP (Proband)

      KindredID: D

      Case: F, 22Y0M, Hungarian

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Index patient was a young woman who presented with cerebellar hemangioblastoma, multiple renal cysts, retinal detachment with vitreous hemorrhage, pancreatic cyst, spinal cord hemangiomas, and recurrence of the cerebellar lesion. Family members were not available for clinical and genetic screening, but family history revealed that the patient's father died of metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0006880; HP:0005562; HP:0001737; HP:0000541; HP:0007902; HP:0009713 (Cerebellar hemangioblastoma, Multiple renal cysts, Pancreatic cysts, Retinal detachment, Vitreous hemorrhage, Spinal hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Patient underwent surgery for cerebellar hemangioblastoma at the age of 22 years. Multiple renal cysts and retinal detachment with vitreous hemorrhage were also observed. At the age of 26 years, pancreatic cyst, spinal cord hemangiomas, and recurrence of the cerebellar lesion were found. Diagnosed with VHL Type 1.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0002666; HP:0009711; HP:0005584 (Pheochromocytoma, Retinal capillary hemangioma, Renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

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      Variant: Exon 2 Deletion (c.341-?_463+?del)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: exon_loss_variant

      CivicName: Exon 2 Deletion

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. Patient P9 In 2005, a 32-year-old woman was examined at the clinic. The patient had been diagnosed in 2000 with multiple cerebellar and spinal hemangioblastomas. BCVA was 20/20 and 20/25 in OD and OS, respectively. No retinal abnormalities were found in OD. A peripheral superior RCH, already partially treated with laser photocoagulation, was observed in OS. FA showed the presence of many tiny RCHs that surrounded the major lesion. Further laser treatments were scheduled, but the patient was lost at follow-up. She came to the ophthalmic emergency service three years later; BCVA of OS had decreased to 20/640, and she presented an exudative retinal detachment that involved the posterior pole. The partially treated RCH of OS had become more extensive, and FA revealed that the tiny RCHs had increased in number. In 2008, a scleral buckle with transscleral cryotherapy was performed in OS; however, at follow-up the retinal detachment was still present, and the patient developed neovascular glaucoma with a seclusio pupillae. Visual acuity of OS was no light perception. RCHs were not detected during follow-up in OD.

      PatientID: 9

      KindredID: 5

      Case: F, 46Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: A family pedigree is provided in figure 1. Neither parent had VHL syndrome characterized by retinal capillary hemangiomas (RCHs). They likely did not undergo molecular testing because there was no mention of de novo status.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0006880; HP:0009711; HP:0009713; HP:0000541 (Cerebellar hemangioblastoma; Retinal capillary hemangioma; Spinal hemangioblastoma; Retinal detachment)

      CaseHPOFreeText: A 32-year-old woman had been diagnosed in 2000 with multiple cerebellar and spinal hemangioblastomas. In 2005, she was examined at the eye clinic and were visual acuity was 20/20 and 20/25 in the right and left eye, respectively. No abnormalities were found in the right eye, but a peripheral RCH that was already partially treated with laser was observed in the left eye. Many tiny RCHs that surrounded the major lesion were also detected in this eye. Further laser treatments were scheduled, but the patient did not follow-up and instead came to the ophthalmic emergency service three years later. Visual acuity of the left eye worsened to 20/640, and she presented with retinal detachment. The partially treated RCH of the left eye worsened and and more tiny RCHs were detected. Cryotherapy was performed in the left eye but retinal detachment was still present at follow up. On follow up, no RCHs were detected in the right eye and vision loss developed in both eyes.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Patient did not have other known tumours.

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      Variant: p.R113* (c.337C>T)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 220414, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/220414/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: stop_gained

      CivicName: R113* (c.337C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

  2. Oct 2026
    1. Case 1. A 29-year-old male patient was referred to the retina department. About 1 month previously, percutaneous radiofrequency ablation treatment was performed on the patient due to RCC in his left kidney (Figure 1). Central nervous system involvement was not detected in the patient.Open in a separate windowFigure 1Abdominal computerized tomography image of case 1. Renal cell carcinoma in the left kidney (preoperatively).On ophthalmological examination, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was counting fingers from 2 meters in the right eye and 1.0 in the left eye on the Snellen acuity visual chart. Vitritis was detected in the right eye on slit-lamp biomicroscopy. The fundus examination revealed an extensive lipid exudation on the fovea and macula, and a 3-4 optic disc diameter-sized RH at the equator in the right eye; it was normal in the lefteye. Fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) showed that the RH in the right eye was responsible for fluorescein staining on the feeding artery and drainage vein and fluorescein leakage. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed that there was a foveal detachment in the right eye (Figure 2).Open in a separate windowFigure 2Optical coherence tomography and fundus fluorescein angiography images of Case 1.The patient’s blood sample was collected in vacutainers containing EDTA as anticoagulant. After DNA extraction (EZ1 Advanced Instruments; Qiagen, Hilden, Germany), mutation analysis of the VHL gene ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"NG_008212.3","term_id":"319803102","term_text":"NG_008212.3"}}NG_008212.3, {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"NM_000551","term_id":"1779521775","term_text":"NM_000551"}}NM_000551) was performed using Sanger sequencing with the ABI PRISM™ 3130 Avant system (Applied Biosystems, Grand Island, NY, USA). The entire coding region and the exon/intron boundaries of the VHL gene (transcript ENST00000256474) were sequenced. The amplicon panel primers and conditions used were established in the laboratory.A heterozygous missense mutation c.202T>C, (p.Ser 68Pro) in exon 1 of the VHL gene was found in the pa-tient’s DNA sample (Figure 3). This mutation is reported in the HGMD-PUBLIC (CM073416) (http://www.hgmd.org).Open in a separate windowFigure 3A heterozygous missense mutation c.202T>C, (p.Ser68Pro) in exon 1 of the VHL gene.The pathogenicity of the variation was tested in the Polyphen database and it was scored as probably damaging [probably damaging with a score of 0.960 (sensitivity: 0.78; specificity: 0.95)]. However, this variation was not listed the in the Exac database.

      PatientID: None

      KindredID: 1

      Case: M, 29Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: First cousin (male, 33Y) presented with CNS hemangioblastoma, RCC, optic atrophy, vision loss and retinal capillary hemangioblastoma. THis cousin also had the same germline mutation as the proband.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0005584; HP:0011531; HP:0009711; HP:0000541 (Renal cell carcinoma, Vitritis, Retinal capillary hemangioma, Retinal detachment)

      CaseHPOFreeText: About 1 month previously, percutaneous radiofrequency ablation treatment was performed on the patient due to RCC in his left kidney. Vitritis was detected in the right eye on slit-lamp biomicroscopy. The fundus examination revealed an extensive lipid exudation on the fovea and macula, and a 3-4 optic disc diameter-sized RH at the equator in the right eye; it was normal in the left eye. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed that there was a foveal detachment in the right eye.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0100006 (Neoplasm of the central nervous system)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Central nervous system involvement was not detected in the patient.

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

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      Variant: p.S68P (c.202T>C)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: CA16621912, https://reg.clinicalgenome.org/redmine/projects/registry/genboree_registry/by_canonicalid?canonicalid=CA16621912

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: S68P (c.202T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. Patient 1

      PatientID: 1

      KindredID: 1

      Case: M, 51Y0M, Arab

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Patient 2 (the patient’s brother) presented with the same mutation and was diagnosed with VHL at age 45. The two brothers had very similar VHL clinical manifestations including cerebellar hemangioblastomas, renal cell carcinoma, and cysts in the pancreas. However, patient 1 had testicular and epididymal cysts, as well as lesions in the spine, which were absent in Patient 2. No other family history was noted. Immediate family members were recommended to genetically test for the relevant variant or monitor for VHL-related symptoms.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0005584; HP:0009713; HP:0006880; HP:0000107; HP:0001737; HP:0030424; HP:0033608; HP:0000541; HP:0012215 (renal cell carcinoma; spinal hemangioblastoma; cerebellar hemangioblastoma; renal cyst; pancreatic cysts; epididymal cyst; pulmonary nodule; retinal detachment; testicular microlithiasis)

      CaseHPOFreeText: At 44Y, Patient 1 exhibited cerebellar and spinal hemangioblastomas, as well as retinal detachment. He also had renal cell carcinoma in both kidneys and multiple cysts in one kidney, testis, and pancreas. He also reported a history of headaches and vertigo, leading to a diagnosis of VHL disease type 1. At 49Y, multiple nodules were found in his lungs and a year later, a nodule in the testis and scrotal lithiasis were detected. At 51Y, renal cell carcinoma was identified in the left kidney and his left epididymis was enlarged. Patient continued to present with left testicular and scrotal lithiasis, right retinal detachment, and multiple nodules in both lungs. However, tMutation:Germlinehe lung phenotype was asymptomatic (see table 1).

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0001392; HP:0005264; HP:0001743 (abnormality of the liver; abnormality of the gallbladder; abnormality of the spleen)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: No lesions were observed in the liver, gallbladder, and spleen.

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData:  N/A

      Variant: p.F76del (c.227_229del)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: N/A

      CAID: CA357012, https://reg.clinicalgenome.org/redmine/projects/registry/genboree_registry/allele?hgvsOrDescriptor=NM_000551.3%3Ac.227_229delTCT

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: inframe_deletion

      CivicName: F76del (c.227_229del)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/Av