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Multiple endocrine neoplasia 2: an overview
This review article discusses the diagnosis and treatment of patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2). The most common tumors associated with MEN2 are those of the parathyroid, thyroid, and adrenal glands.
B Saravana-Bawan, JD Pasternak
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Molecular mechanisms of RET receptor-mediated oncogenesis in multiple endocrine neoplasia 2
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 is an inherited cancer syndrome characterized by tumors of thyroid and adrenal tissues. Germline mutations of the REarranged during Transfection (RET) proto-oncogene, leading to its unregulated activation, are the ...
Simona M. Wagner +3 more
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome
Background. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 is a rare inherited disease that combines heterogeneous autosomal inherited disorders, the pathogenesis of which is based on hyperplasia or tumor transformation of several neuro- endocrine glands.
М. В. Красносельський +3 more
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Lady Surrounded by Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) [PDF]
Secondary adrenal insufficiency (SAI) had been diagnosed in a nondiabetic lady with recurrent hypoglycemia having low morning cortisol and low-normal adrenocorticotropic hormone.
Partha Pratim Chakraborty +3 more
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Pituitary tumors in patients with MEN1 syndrome
We briefly review the characteristics of pituitary tumors associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 is an autosomal-dominant disorder most commonly characterized by tumors of the pituitary, parathyroid ...
Luis V. Syro +8 more
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Primary hyperparathyroidism associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type I (hyperparathyroidism/multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1) differs in many aspects from sporadic hyperparathyroidism, which is the most frequently occurring form of ...
Delmar M. Lourenço Jr. +5 more
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 is an inherited endocrine tumor syndrome, predominantly characterized by tumors of the parathyroid glands, gastroenteropancreatic tumors, pituitary adenomas, adrenal adenomas, and neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus ...
Cornelis J. Lips +2 more
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Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia or Accidental Association?
Pheochromocytoma, papillary thyroid carcinoma and hyperparathyroidism have rarely been reported together. Whether this association is coincidental or results from an unknown genetic predisposition is difficult to ascertain.
Georgiana Cristina Taujan +5 more
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a rare autosomal dominant hereditary cancer syndrome presented mostly by tumours of the parathyroids, endocrine pancreas and anterior pituitary, and characterised by a very high penetrance and an equal sex ...
Luzi Ettore +6 more
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Thymic neuroendocrine tumors associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia are only defined as carcinoid and are not associated with large‐cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC).
Shuntaro Hiro +15 more
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