What is multiple endocrine neoplasia?

Also known as: MEN1, multiple endocrine adenomatosis, Werner’s syndrome.

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 is a disease that affects several glands throughout the body, including the thyroid, parathyroid and pituitary gland. It causes tumors in these glands and also imbalances in the hormones that the glands produce. The pancreas and small intestine are also impacted by the disease.

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 differs from Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 based on the genetic mutation that causes it, and some of the glands that it impacts.


Reviewed by: Ziad A Khatib, MD

This page was last updated on: 1/29/2019 3:21:13 PM

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