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KMID : 0368120070370040183
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Korean Circulation Journal
2007 Volume.37 No. 4 p.183 ~ p.186
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A Case of Carney Complex: Diagnosed 11 Years after Resection of Recurrent Cardiac Myxomas
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Bae Myung-Hwan
Park Yong-Whi
Lee Soon-Hak
Yang Dong-Heon
Park Hun-Sik
Cho Yong-Keun
Jun Jae-Eun
Park Wee-Hyun
Jang Se-Yong
Lee Sang-Hyuk
Chae Shung-Chul
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Abstract
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Carney complex (CNC) is a rare disease characterized by myxoma, spotty skin pigmentation, and multiple neuroendo crine tumors. Here, we present a case of CNC, diagnosed 11 years after resection of recurrent cardiac myxomas. We had previously reported a 37-year-old woman in 1984 as biatrial myxomas and in 1994 as recurrent left atrial and ventricular myxomas, and at those times, she did not have any other myxomas and skin lesions. On her present admission, she had skin pigmentation and myxomatosis of breast, nostril and forearm. Upon the examination of her relatives, no characteristics of CNC were found on them. She was diagnosed as a sporadic form of CNC. If cardiac myxomas tend to be multiple and recurrent, we should consider the possibility of CNC, even other characteristics of CNC except cardiac myxomas are not present at diagnosis.
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KEYWORD
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Carney complex, Recurrent cardiac myxoma
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