Multipele endocriene neoplasie type 1 (MEN1)

PATIENT MATERIALS

English

Multiple endocrine neoplasia Type 1 (MEN1) is characterised by the development of neuroendocrine tumors of the parathyroid, pancreas, and anterior pituitary gland, and less commonly the adrenal cortical gland, with other non-endocrine tumors in some patients. In individuals with MEN1, tumors can develop at any age and 95% of patients develop clinical symptoms by the 5th decade. Parathyroid tumors causing hyperparathyroidism occur mostly commonly, and are often the first clinical manifestation of the condition.

Nederlands

Multipele endocriene neoplasie type 1 (MEN1) wordt gekenmerkt door de ontwikkeling van neuro-endocriene tumoren van de bijschildklieren, pancreas en de voorkwab van de hypofyse, en minder vaak van de bijnierschors, met bij sommige patiënten ook andere niet-endocriene tumoren. Bij personen met MEN1 kunnen tumoren op elke leeftijd ontstaan en 95% van de patiënten ontwikkelt klinische symptomen vóór het vijfde decennium. Bijschildkliertumoren die hyperparathyreoïdie veroorzaken komen het meest voor en zijn vaak de eerste klinische manifestatie van de aandoening.

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Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 ORPHAcode: 652


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