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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]

Differential Diagnosis

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 must be differentiated from following hereditary diseases.

Disease	Definition
Medullary thyroid carcinoma	An autosomal dominant genetic disorder causing abnormal growth of blood vessels in different parts of the body.
C-cell hyperplasia	An autosomal dominant genetic disorder causing abnormal growth of blood vessels in different parts of the body.
Pheochromocytoma	An autosomal dominant genetic disorder causing abnormal growth of blood vessels in different parts of the body.
VHL (von Hippel Lindau) syndrome	An autosomal dominant genetic disorder causing abnormal growth of blood vessels in different parts of the body.
Hereditary paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma syndrome	An autosomal dominant genetic disorder causing abnormal growth of blood vessels in different parts of the body.
Polycythemia and paraganglioma/pheochromocytoma	An autosomal dominant genetic disorder causing abnormal growth of blood vessels in different parts of the body.
Neurofibromatosis type 1	An autosomal dominant genetic disorder causing abnormal growth of blood vessels in different parts of the body.
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 4 (MEN 4)	An autosomal dominant genetic disorder causing abnormal growth of blood vessels in different parts of the body.
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN 1)	An autosomal dominant genetic disorder causing abnormal growth of blood vessels in different parts of the body.