Srivastava Monika
Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University, USA.
Dermatol Online J. 2004 Nov 30;10(3):11.
A 55-year-old man with a history of two atrial myxomas presented for evaluation and removal of skin lesions. Histopathologic examination showed a well-circumscribed lesion that was consistent with a myxomatous polyp. Carney complex is a syndrome with multiple neoplasias, which is characterized by mucocutaneous myxomas, cardiac myxomas, lentigines, and endocrine abnormalities. Patients with Carney complex need to be monitored for the development of cardiac myxomas and endocrine tumors.
一名有两次心房黏液瘤病史的55岁男性前来评估并切除皮肤病变。组织病理学检查显示一个边界清晰的病变,与黏液瘤性息肉一致。卡尼综合征是一种伴有多种肿瘤形成的综合征,其特征为黏膜皮肤黏液瘤、心脏黏液瘤、雀斑和内分泌异常。卡尼综合征患者需要监测心脏黏液瘤和内分泌肿瘤的发生情况。