Heterogeneous Genetic Background of the Association of Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma and Pituitary Adenoma: Results From a Large Patient Cohort
Author(s) -
Judit Dénes,
Francesca Swords,
Eleanor Rattenberry,
Karen Stals,
Martina Owens,
Treena Cranston,
Paraskevi Xekouki,
Linda Moran,
Ajith Kumar,
Christopher A. Wassif,
Naomi Fersht,
Stephanie Baldeweg,
Damian Morris,
Stafford L. Lightman,
Amar Agha,
Aled Rees,
Joan Grieve,
Michael Powell,
César Luiz Boguszewski,
Pinaki Dutta,
Rajesh V. Thakker,
Umasuthan Srirangalingam,
Chris Thompson,
Maralyn Druce,
Claire Higham,
J.R. Davis,
Rosalind A. Eeles,
Mark Stevenson,
Brendan O’Sullivan,
Phillipe Taniere,
Kassiani Skordilis,
Plamena Gabrovska,
Anne Barlier,
Susan M. Webb,
Anna Aulinas,
William M Drake,
John S. Bevan,
Cristina Preda,
Nadezhda Dalantaeva,
Antônio RibeiroOliveira,
Isabel Tena García,
Galina Yordanova,
Violeta Iotova,
Jane Evanson,
Ashley Grossman,
Jacqueline Trouillas,
Sian Ellard,
Constantine A. Stratakis,
Eamonn R. Maher,
Federico Roncaroli,
Márta Korbonits
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2014-3399
Subject(s) - sdhb , sdhd , sdha , loss of heterozygosity , pheochromocytoma , pituitary adenoma , paraganglioma , men1 , multiple endocrine neoplasia , germline mutation , medicine , cancer research , adenoma , pituitary tumors , pathology , biology , oncology , genetics , mutation , gene , allele , gene expression
Pituitary adenomas and pheochromocytomas/paragangliomas (pheo/PGL) can occur in the same patient or in the same family. Coexistence of the two diseases could be due to either a common pathogenic mechanism or a coincidence.
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