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Phakomatosis

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literally, the word means a condition (-osis) resulting from tumor formation (-omat-) of the lens (phak-) of the eye
used to designate conditions that are characterized by both cutaneous and neuro-ectodermal particularly intracranial and ocular anomalies

 

includes:

neurofibromatosis
von-Hippel-Lindau disease
tuberous sclerosis
(all autosomal dominant:  but Andrews list is longer)