Pancreatic endocrine neoplasia: familial syndromes
โ Scribed by Runjan Chetty
- Book ID
- 103840022
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 365 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1756-2317
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndromes are characterised by the combined occurrence of two or more endocrine tumours in a patient. These autosomal dominant conditions occur in four types: MEN1 due to inactivating MEN1 mutations; MEN2A and MEN2B (MEN3) due to activating mutations of RET and MEN
Hypercalcemia is a variable feature of inherited endocrine disorders. In the multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndromes, generalized hyperparathyroidism is a common feature. It occurs much more frequently in patients with MEN type 1 as compared to patients with MEN type 2A. Unlike the MEN syndrome