Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 differential diagnosis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
Overview
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 must be differentiated from other hereditary tumors such as medullary thyroid carcinoma, C-cell hyperplasia, pheochromocytoma, von Hippel Lindau syndrome, hereditary paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma, polycythemia and paraganglioma/pheochromocytoma syndrome, neurofibromatosis type 1, and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN 1).
Differential Diagnosis
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 must be differentiated from the following diseases. |}