[Composite pheochromocytoma associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B]. 2008

Slim Charfi, and Lobna Ayadi, and Sameh Ellouze, and Raoudha Ghorbel, and Abdelmajid Khabir, and Naourez Gouiaa, and Ibticem Bahri, and Ines Fakhfakh, and Salwa Makni, and Tahya Sellami-Boudawra
Laboratoire d'anatomie et de cytologie pathologique, CHU Habib-Bourguiba, rue El-Ain, 3029 Sfax, Tunisia.

Composite tumors of the adrenal medulla are rare and have been reported in both the presence and the absence of phacomatosis. Composite pheochromocytoma of the adrenal gland in multiple endocrine neoplasia 2B has not been reported so far. We report a case of a 27-year-old woman with marfanoid habitus and numerous mucosal neuromas of the oral cavity and the eyelids. Clinical investigations revealed a left adrenal medullary tumor and bilateral thyroid nodules. Histologic examination confirmed the presence of typical pheochromocytoma with large areas of ganglioneuroma and multifocal medullary carcinoma with cervical lymph nodes metastases. Our report is the first to describe composite pheochromocytoma with multiple endocrine neoplasia 2B; this report underlines the diversity of neoplasms that could be encountered in this disease and the complex mechanisms involved in its pathogenesis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007150 Immunohistochemistry Histochemical localization of immunoreactive substances using labeled antibodies as reagents. Immunocytochemistry,Immunogold Techniques,Immunogold-Silver Techniques,Immunohistocytochemistry,Immunolabeling Techniques,Immunogold Technics,Immunogold-Silver Technics,Immunolabeling Technics,Immunogold Silver Technics,Immunogold Silver Techniques,Immunogold Technic,Immunogold Technique,Immunogold-Silver Technic,Immunogold-Silver Technique,Immunolabeling Technic,Immunolabeling Technique,Technic, Immunogold,Technic, Immunogold-Silver,Technic, Immunolabeling,Technics, Immunogold,Technics, Immunogold-Silver,Technics, Immunolabeling,Technique, Immunogold,Technique, Immunogold-Silver,Technique, Immunolabeling,Techniques, Immunogold,Techniques, Immunogold-Silver,Techniques, Immunolabeling
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008382 Marfan Syndrome An autosomal dominant disorder of CONNECTIVE TISSUE with abnormal features in the heart, the eye, and the skeleton. Cardiovascular manifestations include MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; AORTIC ANEURYSM; and AORTIC DISSECTION. Other features include lens displacement (ectopia lentis), disproportioned long limbs and enlarged DURA MATER (dural ectasia). Marfan syndrome (type 1) is associated with mutations in the gene encoding FIBRILLIN-1 (FBN1), a major element of extracellular microfibrils of connective tissue. Mutations in the gene encoding TYPE II TGF-BETA RECEPTOR (TGFBR2) are associated with Marfan syndrome type 2. Marfan Like Connective Tissue Disorder,Marfan Syndrome Type 1,Marfan Syndrome Type 2,Marfan Syndrome, Type II,Marfan Syndrome, Type I,Marfan's Syndrome,Marfans Syndrome
D009463 Neuroma A tumor made up of nerve cells and nerve fibers. (Dorland, 27th ed) Neuromas
D010673 Pheochromocytoma A usually benign, well-encapsulated, lobular, vascular tumor of chromaffin tissue of the ADRENAL MEDULLA or sympathetic paraganglia. The cardinal symptom, reflecting the increased secretion of EPINEPHRINE and NOREPINEPHRINE, is HYPERTENSION, which may be persistent or intermittent. During severe attacks, there may be HEADACHE; SWEATING, palpitation, apprehension, TREMOR; PALLOR or FLUSHING of the face, NAUSEA and VOMITING, pain in the CHEST and ABDOMEN, and paresthesias of the extremities. The incidence of malignancy is as low as 5% but the pathologic distinction between benign and malignant pheochromocytomas is not clear. (Dorland, 27th ed; DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1298) Pheochromocytoma, Extra-Adrenal,Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytoma,Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytomas,Pheochromocytoma, Extra Adrenal,Pheochromocytomas,Pheochromocytomas, Extra-Adrenal
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000310 Adrenal Gland Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the ADRENAL GLANDS. Adrenal Cancer,Adrenal Gland Cancer,Adrenal Neoplasm,Cancer of the Adrenal Gland,Neoplasms, Adrenal Gland,Adrenal Cancers,Adrenal Gland Cancers,Adrenal Gland Neoplasm,Adrenal Neoplasms,Cancer, Adrenal,Cancer, Adrenal Gland,Cancers, Adrenal,Cancers, Adrenal Gland,Neoplasm, Adrenal,Neoplasm, Adrenal Gland,Neoplasms, Adrenal
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D018814 Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2b Similar to MEN2A, it is also caused by mutations of the MEN2 gene, also known as the RET proto-oncogene. Its clinical symptoms include medullary carcinoma (CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY) of THYROID GLAND and PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA of ADRENAL MEDULLA (50%). Unlike MEN2a, MEN2b does not involve PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS. It can be distinguished from MEN2A by its neural abnormalities such as mucosal NEUROMAS on EYELIDS; LIP; and TONGUE, and ganglioneuromatosis of GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT leading to MEGACOLON. It is an autosomal dominant inherited disease. MEN 2b,MEN 3,Neoplasia, Multiple Endocrine Type 2b,Neoplasms, Multiple Endocrine Type 2b,MEA 2b,MEA IIb,MEN III,MEN IIb,MEN2b,Mucosal Neuroma Syndrome,Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, Type 2b,Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, Type IIb,Multiple Endocrine Neoplasms Type 2b,Neuromata, Mucosal, With Endocrine Tumors,Wagenmann-Froboese Syndrome,Mucosal Neuroma Syndromes,Neuroma Syndrome, Mucosal,Syndrome, Wagenmann-Froboese,Wagenmann Froboese Syndrome

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