c.481C>T p.Arg161Stop
During the period from 2009 to 2012, 39 families with VHL disease were diagnosed with hereditary VHL disease at Peking University First Hospital Department of Urology were described as part of a broader study examining telomere length and anticipation. In these families, 19 families had two or more than two patients in two or more than two generations, including one family with obscure onset age. Therefore, a total of 57 patients with VHL disease from 18 families were enrolled in this study. Using peripheral blood and southern blotting, DNA sequencing was completed on the following patients. Family 15 involved one individual with a c.481C>T mutation leading to a p.Arg161Stop change. This individual, a male, presented with hemangioblastoma at 29, renal cell carcinoma at 29, pancreatic cysts at 36, papillary cystadenoma of the epididymis at 29, and endolymphatic sac tumor at 33. The patient’s father had died before diagnosis therefore no DNA sample available, however he presented with CNS hemangioblastomas at the age of 42. ACMG Evidence Code: 'PP4' because the patients' phenotypes and family histories are highly specific for VHL disease. 'PM4' because of the protein length change caused by the heavily premature stop codon.