[Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2].

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Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) is an hereditary disease with a prevalence of 1/5000. Three phenotypic variants have been identified: MEN2A associates medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) to pheochromocytoma in about 20-50% of cases and to primary hyperparathyroidism in 5-20% of cases; MEN2B associates MTC to pheochromocytoma in 50% of cases, to marphanoid habitus and to mucosal and digestive...

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