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SUBMITTER: Horvath A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3136757 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pigment cell & melanoma research 20090724 5
Initially described as the 'complex of myxomas, spotty skin pigmentation and endocrine overactivity,' Carney complex (CNC) is known as an autosomal dominant multiple neoplasia syndrome involving skin and cardiac myxomas, pigmented skin lesions and endocrine tumors. Pigmented cutaneous manifestations in CNC are important diagnostically because they can be used for the early detection of the disease and, thus, the prevention of life-threatening complications of CNC related to heart myxomas and end ...[more]