A case of breast cancer in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
;
: 432-437, 2010.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-120827
ABSTRACT
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 (MEN2) is a rare hereditary complex disorder characterized by the presence of medullary thyroid carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, and other hyperplasias or neoplasias of different endocrine tissues within a single patient. Simultaneous occurrence of MEN2 and other cancers that are derived from different origins is rare. In this report, we present a patient with known MEN2 who developed breast cancer as a result of invasive ductal carcinoma. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy and unilateral adrenalectomy due to medullary thyroid cancer and pheochromocytoma. Although patients with MEN2 may demonstrate a variety of neoplastic disorders, it is difficult to identify a case report of MEN2 with breast cancer. In addition, no etiological relationships between breast cancer and MEN2 have been reported to date. Thus, here we report a case of known MEN2 with breast cancer and present a review of the literature.
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Main subject:
Pheochromocytoma
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Thyroidectomy
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Breast
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Breast Neoplasms
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Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
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Thyroid Neoplasms
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Adrenalectomy
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Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a
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Carcinoma, Ductal
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medicine
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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