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Disease pheochromocytoma
Phenotype C0206693|medullary carcinoma
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PubMedID- 20731845 medullary carcinoma of thyroid, pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma, small-cell and large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung, and adrenal cortical carcinoma were excluded in this analysis because those have unique characteristics.
PubMedID- 23275828 Type 2 has two subcategories namely 2a and 2b; the former is characterized by medullary carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, and parathyroid disease, whereas type 2b is characterized by medullary thyroid carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, and multiple mucosal neuromas.1,2 medullary thyroid carcinoma, which has a poor prognosis, develops in nearly 100% of type 2b cases early in life.

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