Clinical Factors Predicting Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 and Type 4 in Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors.
Antongiulio FaggianoBeatrice FazzalariNevena MikovicFlaminia RussoVirginia ZamponiRossella MazzilliVito GuarnieriMaria PianeVincenzo ViscoSimona PetrucciPublished in: Genes (2023)
These preliminary data show that a diagnosis of NET in patients with a negative family history is suggestive of MEN1 in the presence of ≥three positive phenotypic criteria, including early age, multifocality, multiple MEN-associated manifestations, and endocrine syndromes. This indication may allow optimization of the diagnosis of MEN in patients with NET.