[Polyadenomatoses: type 2 multiple endocrine neoplasms].

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FROM A CLINICAL POINT OF VIEW: Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) is an autosomal dominant, inherited multiglandular disease with familial and individual age-related penetration and variable expression. A medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is always concomitant to MEN2 and associated in varying proportion with pheochromocytoma (50%) and hyperparathyroidism (5 to 20%). PROGNOSTIC DATA: The prognosis of MEN2...

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