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Neural hyperplasia in maxillary bone of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B patient.
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics - 1 Dec 2011
Usami Yu, Takenobu Toshihiko, Kurihara Risa, Imai Yukihiro, Shinohara Shogo, Fukuda Yasuo, Toyosawa Satoru
Abstract excerpt
Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 2B is the rarest and most aggressive form of MEN syndrome. MEN 2B patients manifest characteristic oral and facial features besides the neural crest cell-derived tumors, including medullary carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, mucosal neuroma, and ganglioneuromatosis of the gut. We report a case of MEN 2B diagnosed on the basis of the warning signs of mucosal neuroma and multiple...
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