Carney triad
Dr Yuranga Weerakkody and Dr Frank Gaillard et al.
The Carney triad (not to be confused with the Carney complex) is a rare syndrome defined by the coexistence of three tumours:
- extra-adrenal paraganglioma (e.g. extra adrenal phaeochromocytoma) : initially, only functioning extra-adrenal paragangliomas were included, but subsequent work includes non-functioning extra-adrenal paragangliomas 1
- gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST): previously known as gastric epithelioid leiomyosarcoma
- pulmonary chondroma (hamartoma)
In most cases, only 2 of the 3 tumours are present at the time of diagnosis.
It typically affects young people.
Etymology
First described by J. Aidan Carney and colleagues in 1977.
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