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Familial Acromegaly and Bilateral Asynchronous Pheochromocytomas in a Female Patient With a MAX Mutation: A Case Report.
Frontiers in endocrinology - 1 Jan 2021
Mamedova Elizaveta, Vasilyev Evgeny, Petrov Vasily, Buryakina Svetlana, Tiulpakov Anatoly, Belaya Zhanna
Abstract excerpt
Background: There are very few cases of co-occurring pituitary adenoma (PA) and pheochromocytomas (PCC)/paragangliomas caused by MAX mutations. No cases of familial PA in patients with MAX mutations have been described to date. Case Presentation: We describe a 38-year-old female patient, presenting with clinical and biochemical features of acromegaly and PCC of the left adrenal gland. Whole-exome sequencing was...
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