Multiple endocrine neoplasm type III. Report of a case.

Authors:

Pizarro, A: Department of Pathology. Nayarit Autonomous University, México

Díaz, R: Department of Pathology. Nayarit Autonomous University, México

Contact Person: Alberto G Pizarro (rediegal@homonet.com.mx)

Abstract

Clinical history: Woman 38 old years, with illness of neurofibromatosis generalized of 20 years of evolution. One of them wicked four years ago. she begin clinical report of intense sudden prechordial pain , dyspnea of few efforts, tachycardia, arterial hypertension 160-120 mmhg, hypothermia. She presents heart failure and death in 6 hours. The clinical diagnosis was acute infart of the myocardium.

Autopsy: WE identify multiple cutaneous neurofibromas, two in spinal cord and two in stomach. We identified a pheochromocytoma of right adrenal , an aortic paraganglioma , an ovarian tecofibroma. The heart without thrombosis of coronary arteries and multiple focal necrosis.

Pathological diagnosis: multiple sistemic Neurofibromatosis + pheochromocytoma. multiple endocrine neoplasia type III.

WE analized clinic and pathology report of NEM type III.

Poster Number PApizarro0189
Keywords: pheochromocytoma, NEM III, neurofibromatosis, neoplasia, tumours.

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