| Literature DB >> 22403753 |
Jun Won Min1, Youn Joon Park, Hee Jin Kim, Myung-Chul Chang.
Abstract
About ten percent of pheochromocytomas are associated with familial syndrome. Hereditary pheochromocytoma has characteristics of early onset, multifocality and bilaterality. We experienced a case of 44-year-old man with bilateral pheochromocytoma without evidence of medullary thyroid cancer. Genetic test detected a L790F germline mutation of RET oncogene. The author found a necessity for genetic tests in cases of young-age, bilateral pheochromocytoma.Entities:
Keywords: Germ-line mutation; Pheochromocytoma; RET
Year: 2012 PMID: 22403753 PMCID: PMC3294113 DOI: 10.4174/jkss.2012.82.3.185
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Korean Surg Soc ISSN: 1226-0053