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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1976-10-1
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pubmed:abstractText |
Multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 2 (MEN-type 2), designates the syndrome of medullary thyroid carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, and occasional parathyroid hyperplasia. The thyroid carcinoma, which is usually bilateral and multicentric, is preceded by multifocal C-cell hyperplasia. The adrenal gland manifests pheochromocytoma, which is frequently bilateral and multicentric, and may be malignant. To test the hypothesis that diffuse adrenal medullary hyperplasia is a precursor of pheochromocytoma in this syndrome, we studied the adrenal glands of 19 patients who had MEN-type 2. The findings in the adrenal medulla in these 19 patients were: synchronous bilateral pheochromocytoma in 9 (metastatic in 3); asynchronous bilateral pheochromocytoma in 1 (metastatic); unilateral pheochromocytoma with contralateral diffuse and nodular hyperplasia in 2; unilateral pheochromocytoma with contralateral diffuse hyperplasia in 2; unilateral pheochromocytoma in 1; bilateral nodular hyperplasia in 1; bilateral diffuse hyperplasia in 1; and no abnormality in 2. This spectrum of adrenal medullary pathology suggests that diffuse and nodular medullary hyperplasia are precursors of pheochromocytoma in MEN-type 2.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Aug
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pubmed:issn |
0002-9173
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
66
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
279-90
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-10-27
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Adrenal Gland Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Adrenal Medulla,
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Cell Nucleus,
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Cytoplasm,
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Hyperplasia,
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Mitosis,
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Models, Biological,
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Neoplasm Metastasis,
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Neoplasms, Multiple Primary,
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Pheochromocytoma,
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Precancerous Conditions,
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Syndrome,
pubmed-meshheading:949038-Thyroid Neoplasms
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pubmed:year |
1976
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Adrenal medullary disease in multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 2: pheochromocytoma and its precursors.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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