Gastrinoma and phaeochromocytoma: is there a mixed multiple endocrine adneoma syndrome?
A 51 year old man was found to have a malignant gastrinoma. A phaeochromocytoma had been diagnosed and removed previously. The occurrence of these two rare tumours in a single patient suggests the possibility of a crossover between MEA I and MEA II. Reported cases of the "crossover syndrome" are reviewed and the status of this phenomenon as a syndrome is discussed.
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D005755:Gastrins; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009377:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia / Q000473:pathology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D013577:Syndrome
D005755:Gastrins