Carney complex associated

Soft tissue
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Carney complex associated

Author: Vijay Shankar, M.D. (see Authors page)

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Definition / general | Case reports | Gross images

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Definition / general

Carney complex: autosomal dominant disorder with multiple cardiac and skin myxomas, spotty pigmentation of skin, endocrine overactivity (pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease, large cell calcifying Sertoli cell tumor of the testis, pituitary adenoma), blue nevi, psammomatous melanotic schwannoma, bone tumors
Usually caused by mutation in protein kinase A regulatory subunit 1 alpha gene (PRKAR1A) on chromosome 17q (OMIM 160980)

Case reports

13 year old girl with recurrent atrial myxoma (Indian J Hum Genet 2011;17:108)
45 year old man with recurrent atrial myxoma (J Cardiothorac Surg 2011;6:12)

Gross images

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Roof of atrium

Cardiac myxoma