Multiple endocrine neoplasia 2B presenting with Pseudo-Hirschsprung's disease

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 783-786

  Erdogan, Murat Faik ^a,b   Gulec, Bulent ^a,c   Gursoy, Alptekin ^a,b   Pekcan, Mesut ^a,c   Azal, Orner ^a,c   Gunhan, Orner ^a,c   Bayer, Atilla ^a,b  

^a Ankara University ^*

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ganglioneuromas; Hirschsprung's disease; Intestinal obstruction; Medullary thyroid carcinoma; Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B; Pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCITONIN; CATECHOLAMINE; METADRENALIN; PENTAGASTRIN; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GANGLIONEUROMA; GENE MUTATION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MEGACOLON; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SLIT LAMP; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURVIVAL; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 2B; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA;

EID: 33646519006     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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