Organ Donor Found to Have Von Hippel-Lindau Disease: Case Report

• Published in: Transplantation proceedings Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 1438 - 1440
• Main Authors: Garcia-Roca, R, Samame, J, Rodriguez, C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.06.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Clinical death. Palliative care. Organ gift and preservation; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fundamental immunology; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Pancreas Transplantation; Surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Tissue Donors; Tissue, organ and graft immunology; von Hippel-Lindau Disease; Human; Nervous system diseases; Phacomatosis; Cardiovascular disease; Transplantation; Genetic disease; Von Hippel-Lindau disease; Vascular disease; Case study; Medicine; Eye disease; Organ donation; Treatment; Donor; Surgery; Central nervous system disease; Graft
• ISSN: 0041-1345; 1873-2623
• DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.12.065

Abstract Multiple pancreatic cyst in combination with central nervous system hemangioma may be associated with Von Hippel-Lindau disease. The disease manifests with other systemic benign and malignant lesions. The risk of associated malignancy makes it imperative to review target organs before proceeding to transplantation, but does not preclude it completely if proper evaluation is performed. We present a case of an organ donor found to have multiple pancreatic cysts. Evaluation and transplantation decisions are discussed.