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. 2018 Nov 14;13:205. doi: 10.1186/s13023-018-0938-8

Table 2.

Distribution and intra-tissue combinations of MEN1 main tumours in our series of MEN1 patients

Only PHPT
n. (%)
Only GEP-NET
n. (%)
Only pituitary adenoma
n. (%)
PHPT/GEP-NETs/Pituitary
n. (%)
PHPT/GEP-NETs
n. (%)
PHPT/pituitary adenomas
n. (%)
GEP-NETs/pituitary adenomas
n. (%)
PHPT not associated with classical MEN1 main tumours
n. (%)
Asymptomatic
n.
Total patients
n.
23 (15.86%)
- 19 asymptomatic PHPT (13.10%)
- 2 PHPT with osteoporosis (1.38%)
- 1 PHPT with nephrocalcinosis
- 1 PHPT with nephrocalcinosis and osteoporosis
1 (0.69%)
- 1 pNFTs
2 (1.38%)
- 2 PRLomas
46 (31.72%)
- 10 PHPT/gastrinoma/PRLoma (6.90%)
- 8 PHPT/insulinoma/PRLoma (5.52%)
- 1 PHPT/insulinoma/pituitary NFA 0.69%)
- 14 PHPT/pNFTs/PRLoma (9.66%)
- 4 pHPT/pNFTs/pituitary NFA (2.76%)
- 2 PHPH/VIPoma/PRLoma (1.38%)
- 1 PHPT/insulinoma/gastrinoma/corticotropinoma (0.69%)
- 3 PHPT/gastrinoma/pNFTs/PRLoma (2.07%)
- 2 PHPT/gastrinoma/pNFTs/pituitary NFA (1.38%)
36 (24.83%)
- 13 PHPT/gastrinoma (8.97%)
- 12 PHPT/pNFTs (8.28%)
- 4 PHPT/gastrinoma/pNFTs (2.76%)
- 2 PHPT/gastrinoma/insulinoma (1.38%)
- 1 PHPT/gastrinoma/glucagonoma (0.69%)
24 (16.55%)
- 17 PHPT/PRLoma (11.72%)
- 5 PHPT/pituitary NFA (3.45%)
- 1 PHPT/corticotropinoma (0.69%)
- 1 PHPT/PRLoma/somatotropinoma (0.69%)
3 (2.07%)
- 3 gastrinoma/PRLoma (2.07%)
10 (6.90%)
- 3 PHPT with skin lesions (2.07%)
- 4 PHPT with uterine myoma (2.76%)
- 2 PHPT with adenoma of adrenal glands (1.38%)
20 165

Footnotes: N. Number, PHPT Primary hyperparathyroidism, GEP-NETs Gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours, pNFTs Pancreatic non-functioning tumours, PRLoma Prolactinoma, NFA Non-functioning adenoma, VIP Vasoactive intestinal peptide. Percentages were calculated with respect to MEN1 clinically affected patients (145)