what disorder did abraham lincoln have
Lincoln's Diagnosis: MEN2B. The Physical Lincoln shows that President Abraham Lincoln had an extremely rare disease called MEN2B -- multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 2B. MEN2B is a genetic disorder in which long-bones and nerve cells grow excessively. Without treatment, 100% of people develop thyroid cancer and 50% also develop a tumor in the adrenal glands.
Postulation and Descriptions. In 1959 I established the presence of the Marfan syndrome (arachnodactyly) in a young male who, in 1960 was found to be of the Lincoln lineage (Fig 1, case 1). This discovery led to the presumption that Abraham Lincoln's unusual physical features might also be due to the Marfan syndrome.