PMID- 17848844 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20071025 LR - 20181113 IS - 1720-8386 (Electronic) IS - 0391-4097 (Linking) VI - 30 IP - 7 DP - 2007 Jul-Aug TI - Atypical thymic carcinoid in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 syndrome. PG - 601-2 AB - An asymptomatic, non-smoker patient carrier of a multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 1 (MEN1) mutation was diagnosed with invasive atypical thymic carcinoid tumor. After surgical treatment the tumor reappeared albeit without metastasis. Thymic carcinoid is a well-known cause of mortality in MEN1, and usually metastatic disease is present at diagnosis. Male sex, smoking, and previous hyperparathyroidism probably play a role in the pathogenesis of this neoplasia. FAU - Vidal, A AU - Vidal A AD - Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Juan Canalejo, 15006 A Coruna, Spain. avcyo@mixmail.com FAU - Lorenzo, M J AU - Lorenzo MJ FAU - Isidro, M L AU - Isidro ML FAU - Cordido, F AU - Cordido F LA - eng PT - Case Reports PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Italy TA - J Endocrinol Invest JT - Journal of endocrinological investigation JID - 7806594 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Carcinoid Tumor/*diagnosis/pathology/surgery MH - Humans MH - Lung Neoplasms/secondary/surgery MH - Male MH - Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1/*complications MH - Pericardium/pathology MH - Thymus Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology/surgery EDAT- 2007/09/13 09:00 MHDA- 2007/10/27 09:00 CRDT- 2007/09/13 09:00 PHST- 2007/09/13 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/10/27 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/09/13 09:00 [entrez] AID - 3921 [pii] AID - 10.1007/BF03346355 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Endocrinol Invest. 2007 Jul-Aug;30(7):601-2. doi: 10.1007/BF03346355.