 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".By 1964 the medical community had become more aware of early 20th century research on retinal angiomata conducted by ophthalmologist Eugen von Hippel, and today the disease is named Von Hippel–Lindau disease.