本篇描述兩個家庭,父母與子女皆患腦腫瘤,家族其他成員並無腦瘤病史,此兩例家族腦瘤與以前所報告的晶樣性瘤病變不同,其一是後顱窩腫瘤,包括星狀細胞瘤與血管母細胞瘤,其二是內分泌相關的腫瘤,包含腦垂體腺瘤與卵黃囊瘤。
This is a report of two parent-child families which developed intracranial neoplasm. There is no known history of brain tumor in other family members. Two instances of familial brain tumors are reported which are different from those seen in phakomatosis. Family one had posterior fossa tumors including astrocytoma and hemangioblastoma. The second family had endocrine-associated tumors consisting of pituitary and yolk sac tumor.