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Carney complex: In a patient with multiple blue naevi and lentigines, suspect cardiac myxoma

✍ Scribed by Narelle R Bleasel; Karen M Stapleton

Book ID: 104468943
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 48 KB
Volume: 40
Category: Article
ISSN: 0004-8380
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.1999.00349.x

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✦ Synopsis

Carney complex is characterized by spotty pigmentation (blue naevi and lentigines), myxomas (cardiac, cutaneous, mammary), endocrine over‐activity (Cushing’s syndrome, acromegaly), testicular tumours, and schwannomas. We report a male with multiple blue naevi, lentigines, testicular large cell calcifying Sertoli‐cell tumour and four cardiac myxomas. The myxomas caused two cerebrovascular accidents and a myocardial infarction. All patients with multiple blue naevi or lentigines should be investigated for the life‐threatening association of cardiac myxomas.

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## Summary Carney complex is a rare cardiocutaneous syndrome with an autosomal‐dominant inheritance pattern. Apart from its cutaneous manifestations of multiple blue naevi and lentigines, it can involve multiple other organ systems, particularly the heart, where myxoma tumours commonly develop and