Late onset asymptomatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor – A case report on the phenotypic expansion for MEN1

Abstract Background Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a hereditary cancer syndrome associated with several endocrine as well as non-endocrine tumors and is caused by mutations in the MEN1 gene. Primary hyperparathyroidism affects the majority of MEN1 individuals by age 50 years. Addition...

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Main Authors: Charu Kaiwar, Sarah K. Macklin, Jennifer M. Gass, Jessica Jackson, Eric W. Klee, Stephanie L. Hines, John A. Stauffer, Paldeep S. Atwal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13053-017-0070-0