Pregnancy complicated by multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIA (Sipple's syndrome).
A patient with preexisting multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIA had normal 24-hour urinary metanephrine and vanillylmandelic acid excretions before and during pregnancy. After a benign prenatal course, the patient had a term spontaneous vaginal delivery. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIA antedating pregnancy may be associated with a normal obstetric outcome in the absence of a phenochromocytoma.
Wax
J R
JR
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA.
Eggleston
M K
MK
Teague
K E
KE
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008676:Metanephrine / Q000652:urine; D018813:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a / Q000150:complications* / Q000652:urine; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000652:urine; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014642:Vanilmandelic Acid / Q000652:urine
D008676:Metanephrine; D014642:Vanilmandelic Acid