Arvid Lindau

Arvid Lindau (1892-1958) was a Swedish pathologist who practiced medicine in Lund, Sweden. During his career he published more than 40 papers on pathology, neurology, and bacteriology. At the Institute of Pathological Anatomy in Lund he wrote an important thesis called ''Studien über Kleinhirncysten. Bau, Pathogenese und Beziehungen zur Angiomatosae retinae'', in which described the relationship between cerebellar cysts and their correlation to tumors (angiomata) of the retina.

In 1926, Lindau was the first to describe a coherent link between the retinal, cerebellar and visceral components of a disease he called "angiomatosis of the central nervous system". This disease is characterized by tumors of the retina and the brain, along with cysts of several visceral organs such as the kidneys, pancreas, and adrenal glands. Lindau's research soon attracted the attention of famed neurosurgeon Harvey Cushing, who named the disorder, "Lindau's disease". However it wasn't until 1964, that the research done by ophthalmologist Eugen von Hippel in the early 20th century on retinal angiomata became more apparent. Today the disease is named after both men, and is called Von Hippel-Lindau disease.

External Sources:
 * Additional information on VHL disease
 * Biography of Arvid Lindau

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