Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes
Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 18 Oct 2020
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Gaillard F, Bell D, Sharma R, et al. Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-1698
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Systems:
Synonyms:
- MEN syndromes
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) types
- MEN syndrome types
Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndromes are a collection of syndromes characterized by the presence of, as the name would suggest, multiple endocrine tumors. They are autosomal dominant in inheritance.
- MEN1 (Wermer syndrome)
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MEN2 (multiple endocrine adenomatosis)
- MEN2a (Sipple syndrome)
- MEN2b (previously known as MEN3 6)
- familial medullary thyroid carcinoma
- MEN4
- Carney complex
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