PMID- 37409236 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230707 LR - 20230718 IS - 1664-2392 (Print) IS - 1664-2392 (Electronic) IS - 1664-2392 (Linking) VI - 14 DP - 2023 TI - Expressions of Cushing's syndrome in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. PG - 1183297 LID - 10.3389/fendo.2023.1183297 [doi] LID - 1183297 AB - Cushing's syndrome (CS) resulting from endogenous hypercortisolism can be sporadic or can occur in the context of familial disease because of pituitary or extra-pituitary neuroendocrine tumors. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is unique among familial endocrine tumor syndromes because hypercortisolism in this context can result from pituitary, adrenal, or thymic neuroendocrine tumors and can therefore reflect either ACTH-dependent or ACTH-independent pathophysiologies. The prominent expressions of MEN1 include primary hyperparathyroidism, tumors of the anterior pituitary, gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and bronchial carcinoid tumors along with several common non-endocrine manifestations such as cutaneous angiofibromas and leiomyomas. Pituitary tumors are present in about 40% of MEN1 patients, and up to 10% of such tumors secrete ACTH that can result in Cushing's disease. Adrenocortical neoplasms occur frequently in MEN1. Although such adrenal tumors are mostly clinically silent, this category can include benign or malignant tumors causing hypercortisolism and CS. Ectopic tumoral ACTH secretion has also been observed in MEN1, almost exclusively originating from thymic neuroendocrine tumors. The range of clinical presentations, etiologies, and diagnostic challenges of CS in MEN1 are reviewed herein with an emphasis on the medical literature since 1997, when the MEN1 gene was identified. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Simonds. FAU - Simonds, William F AU - Simonds WF AD - Metabolic Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States. LA - eng GR - ZIA DK043012/ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural PT - Review DEP - 20230620 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) JT - Frontiers in endocrinology JID - 101555782 RN - 9002-60-2 (Adrenocorticotropic Hormone) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Cushing Syndrome/complications/diagnosis MH - *Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1/complications/genetics MH - *Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion/complications MH - *Pituitary Neoplasms/complications MH - *ACTH Syndrome, Ectopic/complications MH - *Neuroendocrine Tumors/complications/genetics MH - *Thymus Neoplasms MH - Adrenocorticotropic Hormone PMC - PMC10319112 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ACTH - independent CS OT - Cushing's adenoma OT - MEN1 = multiple endocrine neoplasia Type 1 OT - corticotropinoma OT - familial neoplasia syndrome OT - pituitary tumor COIS- The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/07/06 06:42 MHDA- 2023/07/07 06:42 PMCR- 2023/01/01 CRDT- 2023/07/06 04:23 PHST- 2023/03/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/06/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/07/07 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/07/06 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/07/06 04:23 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fendo.2023.1183297 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023 Jun 20;14:1183297. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1183297. eCollection 2023.