title: [Multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIb].
abstract: We describe the clinical manifestations of a multiple endocrine neoplasia, type IIb, in a 32 year old woman, admitted to a general hospital with intestinal sub-occlusion. The phenotype associated with bilateral pheochromocytomas show us the diagnosis, but the unsolved problem is the high levels of calcitonin, without macroscopic evidence of tumor relapse.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Medicina e de Cirurgia do Hospital de São José, Lisboa.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ruivo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matias
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: M do C
authors.initials: Mdo C
authors.lastname: Perloiro
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: De Jesus
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Morgado
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018814:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2b / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Neoplasia endócrina múltipla tipo IIb.