Medullary thyroid carcinoma in a 2-month-old male with multiple endocrine neoplasia 2B and symptoms of pseudo-Hirschsprung disease: a case report

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1623-1626

  Unruh, Annika ^a   Fitze, Guido ^b   Jänig, Ute ^c   Bielack, Stefan ^a   Lochbühler, Helmut ^a   Coerdt, Wiltrud ^d  

^a KLINIKUM STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hirschsprung disease; Intestinal ganglioneuromatosis; Medullary thyroid carcinoma; MEN 2B; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DEFECATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FOOD INTAKE; GANGLIONEUROMA; GENE MUTATION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RECTUM BIOPSY; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; DISEASES IN TWINS; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 2B; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 34548485310     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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