Endocrine Abstracts

Context: Mosaicism is a feature of several inherited tumor syndromes but is rarely systematically looked for in routine. MEN1 is an autosomal dominant hereditary syndrome characterized by several endocrine tumors affecting parathyroids, pancreas, and anterior pituitary most of the time, due to inactivating mutations in the MEN1 gene. Few cases of mosaicism in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) have been described. MEN1 mosaicism is probably under-diag...