Carney's triad: a new case

Carney's triad is a very unusual syndrome, associating three different tumours on the same patient, a young woman generally: a gastric leiomyoblastoma, a pulmonary chondroma and an extra-adrenal paraganglioma. The authors report through the literature review and a new case of Carney's synd...

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Published in:	Annales de chirurgie Vol. 130; no. 9; p. 577
Main Authors:	Albaroudi, S, Ahallat, M, Hosni, K, Sabbah, F, Hrora, A, Rais, M, Tounsi, A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English French
Published:	France 01-10-2005
Subjects:	Adult Chondroma - pathology Female Humans Leiomyoma, Epithelioid - pathology Lung Neoplasms - pathology Neoplasms, Multiple Primary Paraganglioma - pathology Risk Factors Stomach Neoplasms - pathology Syndrome Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:	Carney's triad is a very unusual syndrome, associating three different tumours on the same patient, a young woman generally: a gastric leiomyoblastoma, a pulmonary chondroma and an extra-adrenal paraganglioma. The authors report through the literature review and a new case of Carney's syndrome associating gastric leiomyoblastoma and extra-adrenal paragangliomas, the different diagnostic and therapeutic criterias.
ISSN:	0003-3944
DOI:	10.1016/j.anchir.2005.06.004