10-31-2006, 05:48 AM
A patient consults a physician because of a small lesion on the lips that, on biopsy, proves to be a mucosal neuroma. The patientâ„¢s mother had medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. In addition to medullary carcinoma of the thyroid, to which of the following conditions would this patient be particularly vulnerable?
(A) Gastrinoma
(B) Insulinoma
© Parathyroid adenoma
(D) Pheochromocytoma
(E) Pituitary adenoma
(A) Gastrinoma
(B) Insulinoma
© Parathyroid adenoma
(D) Pheochromocytoma
(E) Pituitary adenoma