Prophylactic thyroidectomy for asymptomatic 3-year-old boy with positive multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A mutation (codon 634)

Prophylactic thyroidectomy for asymptomatic 3-year-old boy with positive multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A mutation (codon 634)

Introduction. The multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN 2A) syndrome, comprising medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), pheochromocytoma and primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is most frequently caused by codon 634 activating mutations of the RET (rearranged during transfection) proto-oncog...

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Main Authors: Ješić Maja D., Tančić-Gajić Milina, Ješić Miloš M., Živaljević Vladan, Sajić Silvija, Vujović Svetlana, Damjanović Svetozar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serbian Medical Society 2014-01-01
Series:Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo
Subjects:
MEN 2A
prophylactic thyroidectomy
medullary thyroid carcinoma
genetic screening
child
Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2014/0370-81791402072J.pdf

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