title: An unusual phenotype of MEN1 syndrome with a SI-NEN associated with a deletion of the MEN1 gene.
abstract: We report about a young female who developed an unusual and an aggressive phenotype of the MEN1 syndrome characterized by the development of a pHPT, malignant non-functioning pancreatic and duodenal neuroendocrine neoplasias, a pituitary adenoma, a non-functioning adrenal adenoma and also a malignant jejunal NET at the age of 37 years. Initial Sanger sequencing could not detect a germline mutation of the MEN1 gene, but next generation sequencing and MPLA revealed a deletion of the MEN1 gene ranging between 7.6 and 25.9 kb. Small intestine neuroendocrine neoplasias (SI-NENs) are currently not considered to be a part of the phenotype of the MEN1-syndrome. In our patient the SI-NENs were detected during follow-up imaging on Ga68-Dotatoc PET/CT and could be completely resected. Although SI-NENs are extremely rare, these tumors should also be considered in MEN1 patients. Whether an aggressive phenotype or the occurrence of SI-NENs in MEN1 are more likely associated with large deletions of the gene warrants further investigation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our patient presents an extraordinary course of disease.Although SI-NENs are extremely rare, these tumors should also be considered in MEN1 patients, besides the typical MEN1 associated tumors.This case reports indicate that in some cases conventional mutation analysis of MEN1 patients should be supplemented by the search for larger gene deletions with modern techniques, if no germline mutation could be identified by Sanger sequencing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Visceral Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Philipps University Marburg , Baldingerstrasse35043, Marburg , Germany.
authors.forename: Jerena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Manoharan
authors.affiliation: Department of Visceral Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Philipps University Marburg , Baldingerstrasse35043, Marburg , Germany.
authors.forename: Caroline L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Institute for Clinical Genetics, TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 7401307, Dresden, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Dresden, Germany, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hackmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Visceral Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Philipps University Marburg , Baldingerstrasse35043, Marburg , Germany.
authors.forename: Max B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Albers
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Philipps University Marburg , Baldingerstrasse35043, Marburg , Germany.
authors.forename: Anika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pehl
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, Philipps University Marburg , Baldingerstrasse35043, Marburg , Germany.
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Kann
authors.affiliation: Department of Visceral Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Philipps University Marburg , Baldingerstrasse35043, Marburg , Germany.
authors.forename: Emily P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Slater
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Institute for Clinical Genetics, TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 7401307, Dresden, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Dresden, Germany, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Evelin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schröck
authors.affiliation: Department of Visceral Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Philipps University Marburg , Baldingerstrasse35043, Marburg , Germany.
authors.forename: Detlef K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Bartsch