Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 2a Presenting with Pheochromocytoma and Pituitary Macroadenoma

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 2A (MEN-2a) is a rare disease associated with tumors of endocrine organs. Presentation most commonly is with medullary thyroid cancer and infrequently with other complaints. Pituitary adenoma has been seen coincidentally with this disease very rarely. Presented is a...

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Autores principales: Heinlen, Jonathan E., Buethe, David D., Culkin, Daniel J., Slobodov, Gennady
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scholarly Research Network 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3200135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22091429
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/732452
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Sumario:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 2A (MEN-2a) is a rare disease associated with tumors of endocrine organs. Presentation most commonly is with medullary thyroid cancer and infrequently with other complaints. Pituitary adenoma has been seen coincidentally with this disease very rarely. Presented is a case of coincident MEN-2a with a symptomatic pituitary adenoma and an asymptomatic pheochromocytoma. A brief review is also provided.

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