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Late diagnosis of type 2B multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN 2B) in a 23 year-old patient.
Endokrynologia Polska - 1 Jan 2011
Andrysiak-Mamos Elżbieta, Sowińska-Przepiera Elżbieta, Żochowska Ewa, Kazimierczyk-Puchalska Agnieszka, Syrenicz Justyna, Lubikowski Jerzy, Birkenfeld Bożena, Syrenicz Anhelli
Abstract excerpt
We present a case of MEN 2B diagnosed in a 23 year-old patient on the basis of bilateral pheochromocytoma and medullary thyroid carcinoma. This young male patient also had multiple paragangliomas located along the spine, marfanoid features of body habitus and numerous mucosal neuromas of the oral cavity and intestinal ganglioneuromatosis. The patient was hospitalised several times between the ages of 11 and 14...
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