A SYNDROME OF MULTIPLE MUCOSAL NEUROMA, MEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOMA AND PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA: REPORT OF A CASE

Abstract

A 27-year-old woman demonstrating the syndrome of multiple mucosal neuroma, medullary thyroid arcinoma and pheochromocytoma associated with bumpy lip, thick eye lid, thickened corneal nerve, marfanoid habitus, intestinal diverticulosis, peptic ulcer and absent flare response following an intradermal histamine injection is presented in this paper.
Our case corresponds to multiple endocrine neopla. sia (MEN) type 3, which was proposed by Khairi et al, in 1975, and is the second one following the case reported by Watanabe et al, in 1968 in Japan.
Literatures pertaining to this syndrome were reviewed and some considerations were suggested.