von Hippel–Lindau disease [Eugen von Hippel, German ophthalmologist, 1867–1939; Arvid Lindau, Swedish pathologist, 1892–1958] , a hereditary disease characterized by congenital, tumorlike vascular nodules in the retina and hemangioblastomas of the cerebellar hemispheres. Similar spinal cord lesions; cysts of the pancreas, kidneys, and other viscera; seizures; and cognitive impairment may be present. Also called cerebroretinal angiomatosis, Lindau-von Hippel disease, retinocerebral angiomatosis. Compare Hippel’s disease.
