Korean J Dermatol.  1998 Oct;36(5):942-945.

Carney's Complex with Familial Atrial Myxoma

• Park JY
• Yoo HD
• Kim NI

Abstract

The Carneys complex is a multisystemic tumorous disorder that features myxoma(heart, skin, and breast), spotty skin pigmentation(cutaneous and mucocutaneous), endocrine tumors(adrenal, testicular, and pituitary) and peripheral nerve tumors. The criteria far diagnosis of the complex is the presence of two or more of the above conditions. The condition is transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. The most serious components of the syndrome are cardiac myxoma and psammomatous melanotic schwannoma. The cutaneous manifestations are a major clue in the disorder. We report a case of Carneys complex in a 19-year-old woman. She had spotty pigmentation on her face, left atrial myxoma, and myxoma on her right nipple. Her mother and sister had left atrial myxoma.

MeSH Terms

Diagnosis
Female
Humans
Mothers
Myxoma*
Neurilemmoma
Nipples
Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms
Pigmentation
Siblings
Skin
Young Adult