Carney complex
Dr Jeremy Jones and Dr Frank Gaillard et al.
The Carney complex (not to be confused with the Carney triad) is a rare multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome, which is autosomal dominant and characterised by 1-4:
-
cardiac myxoma
- often multiple
- seen in two thirds of patients with Carney complex
- skin pigmentation (blue naevi) : especially of the face, trunk, lips, and sclera
Multiple other features are also well recognised including:
- extra cardiac myxoma
- breast
- testis
- thyroid
- brain
- adrenal gland : primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD)
- pituitary adenoma
- psammomatous melanotic schwannoma
-
testicular tumours
- Sertoli cell tumours : most common
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