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

Aditya V Nair; Asish Vijayaraghavan; Pullumpallil T Alexander; Arun M Mani; Divya Giridhar; Vivek Mathew

doi:10.4103/jpn.JPN_24_20

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

J Pediatr Neurosci. 2020 Jul-Sep;15(3):314-316. doi: 10.4103/jpn.JPN_24_20. Epub 2020 Nov 6.

Authors

Aditya V Nair¹, Asish Vijayaraghavan¹, Pullumpallil T Alexander¹, Arun M Mani¹, Divya Giridhar², Vivek Mathew¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Hypertensive retinopathy; pheochromocytoma; von Hippel–Lindau.

Publication types

Case Reports