Case Reports Surgical Pathology 2018 Exercise 5: MEN2A or MEN2B, That Is the Question . . .(CSSP1805)

Melissa Straub Hogan, MD
Resident Physician PGY 3

Mitra Mehrad, MD
Assistant Professor

Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee

Primary Audience: Pathologists and Clinical Scientists

Secondary Audience: Residents, Laboratory Technologist/Scientist (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants,  Laboratory Directors and Educators

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

• recognize molecular alterations in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN2A);
• identify the clinical manifestations of patients with MEN2A and MEN2B;
• develop a differential diagnosis for clinical manifestations in patients with MEN2A;
• define the histopathologic features in patients with MEN2A; and
• evaluate the pathologic diagnoses in patients with MEN2A.