Sonographic Findings of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Leading to Diagnosis of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a during Pregnancy

• Main Authors: David M. Sherer (Author), Mudar Dalloul (Author), Ghadir Salame (Author), Tana Shah (Author), Eli Serur (Author), Harry L. Zinn (Author), Ovadia Abulafia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 2a (Sipple's syndrome) is characterized by medullary thyroid carcinoma and pheochromocytoma, and in a smaller percentage of cases, multiglandular parathyroid hyperplasia. This autosomal-dominant syndrome is due to a mutation in the rearranged during trans...