Brain metastasis from pheochromocytoma in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A.
Neurological involvement in multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndrome is uncommon. Notalgia paresthetica (pruritus localized in an area between D2 and D6 dermatomes) is the neurological symptom more frequently described in patients with MEN 2A. The authors report the unusual case of a MEN 2A patient with a brain metastasis from a pheochromocytoma.
Gentile
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Department of Neurology III, Headache Center Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy. pinessi@medfarm.unito.it
Rainero
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Savi
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Rivoiro
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Pinessi
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D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018813:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D011859:Radiography; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms