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Late diagnosis of metastatic pheochromocytoma in multiple endocrine neoplasia 2B with rapid clinical decline.

BMJ case reports - 4 Feb 2021

Jester Grant, Hassanein Hatem, El-Far Ahmad

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Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B (MEN2B) is the rarest and most aggressive of the MEN syndromes. It is characterised by medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), pheochromocytoma, marfanoid body habitus, mucosal neuromas and colonic dysfunction. Patients typically present with chronic constipation and MTC in early childhood. We discuss an atypical late presentation of MEN2B in a 19-year-old man with chronic...

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PMID: 33541961
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-240488
PMCID: PMC7868215

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