Article
[Inherited tumor syndromes of gastroenteropancreatic and thoracic neuroendocrine neoplasms].
Annales de pathologie - 1 Apr 2020
Couvelard Anne, Scoazec Jean-Yves
Abstract excerpt
About 5% of gastroenteropancreatic and thoracic neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) arise in the context of an inherited tumour syndrome. The two most frequent syndromes are: multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1), associated with a large spectrum of endocrine and non endocrine tumours, including duodenopancreatic, thymic and bronchial NENs, and the von Hippel-Lindau syndrome VHL, associated with pancreatic NENs....
Topics
- Duodenal Neoplasms
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Intestinal Neoplasms
- Intestines
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1
- Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary
- Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Pancreas
- Pancreatic Neoplasms
- Stomach Neoplasms
- Thoracic Neoplasms
- Thorax
- Tuberous Sclerosis
- von Hippel-Lindau Disease
