Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2b: Experience at Villejuif Mucosal ganglioneuromatosis medullary thyroid carcinoma and pheochromocytoma

Rougier, Ph.; Caillou, B.; Parmentier, C.; Lemerle, J.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-3891-8_21

Ph. Rougier,
B. Caillou,
C. Parmentier &
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J. Lemerle

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Abstract

Multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 2b (MEN 2b) is a disorder characterized by medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), pheochromocytoma, ganglioneuromatosis, dysmorphy with connective tissue and skeletal abnormalities. Since 1967 five European patients with MEN 2b have been treated at Institut Gustave-Roussy and their principal characteristics are summarized in Table 1.

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Department of Pediatrics, Hematology-Oncology Oklahoma Children’s Memorial Hospital, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26307, Oklahoma City, OK, 73126, USA
G. Bennett Humphrey M.D., Ph.D.
Department M-305, Lilly Research Laboratories, 307 E. McCarty Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA
Gerald B. Grindey
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Box 609, Mayo Memorial Building, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
Louis P. Dehner
Diabetes Research Hospital, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Room 817 1808 7th Avenue, South Brimingham, AL, 35233, USA
Ronald T. Acton Ph.D.
Department of Pathology Oklahoma Children’s Memorial Hospital, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26307, Oklahoma City, OK, 73126, USA
Theodore J. Pysher

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Rougier, P., Caillou, B., Parmentier, C., Lemerle, J. (1983). Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2b: Experience at Villejuif Mucosal ganglioneuromatosis medullary thyroid carcinoma and pheochromocytoma. In: Humphrey, G.B., Grindey, G.B., Dehner, L.P., Acton, R.T., Pysher, T.J. (eds) Adrenal and Endocrine Tumors in Children. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 17. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3891-8_21

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