Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a
"Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of multiple endocrine neoplasia characterized by the presence of medullary carcinoma (CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY) of the THYROID GLAND, and usually with the co-occurrence of PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA, producing CALCITONIN and ADRENALINE, respectively. Less frequently, it can occur with hyperplasia or adenoma of the PARATHYROID GLANDS. This disease is due to gain-of-function mutations of the MEN2 gene on CHROMOSOME 10 (Locus: 10q11.2), also known as the RET proto-oncogene that encodes a RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASE. It is an autosomal dominant inherited disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D018813
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.588.322.400.505 C04.651.600.505 C04.700.630.505 C16.320.700.630.505 C19.344.400.505
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| Concept/Terms |
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a
- MEA II
- MEA IIa
- MEN 2
- MEN 2a
- MEN II
- MEN IIa
- MEN-2A Syndrome
- MEN 2A Syndrome
- MEN-2A Syndromes
- MEN2a
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasms Type 2a
- Neoplasia, Multiple Endocrine Type 2a
- Neoplasms, Multiple Endocrine Type 2a
- Pheochromocytoma And Amyloid-Producing Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
- Pheochromocytoma And Amyloid Producing Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
- Sipple Syndrome
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, Type IIa
- MEA 2a
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a" by people in Profiles.
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The surgical treatment of medullary thyroid carcinoma. Semin Surg Oncol. 1999 Jan-Feb; 16(1):50-63.
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The relationship between specific RET proto-oncogene mutations and disease phenotype in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2. International RET mutation consortium analysis. JAMA. 1996 Nov 20; 276(19):1575-9.