Editing Von Hippel–Lindau disease (section)

==Notable cases==
Some descendants of the McCoy family (involved in the [[Hatfield-McCoy feud]] of [[Appalachia]], USA) are presumed to have VHL. In an article appearing in the Associated Press, it has been speculated by a Vanderbilt University endocrinologist that the hostility underlying the Hatfield–McCoy feud may have been partly due to the consequences of Von Hippel–Lindau disease. The article suggests that the McCoy family was predisposed to bad tempers because many of them had a pheochromocytoma that produced excess adrenaline and a tendency toward explosive tempers.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17967965/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407234838/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17967965/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=2007-04-07 | title=''Hatfield–McCoy feud blamed on 'rage' disease'' | publisher=MSNBC.com | date=2007-04-05 | access-date=2007-04-05 }}</ref> An update of the Associated Press article in 2023 carries more details.<ref>Marchione, Marilynn; Breed, Allen G., ''[https://apnews.com/article/hatfields-mccoys-feud-rage-64b4739551ab3c372ac834469eb23ba2 The Hatfield-McCoy feud can in part be explained by a rare medical condition that causes rage]'', Associated Press (AP), August 4, 2023</ref>