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The '''Carney complex''', also known as '''NAME syndrome''' and '''LAMB syndrome''', is a bunch of things that occur together due to some genetic problem.<ref name=Ref_WMSP135>{{Ref WMSP|135}}</ref> It should not be confused with the [[Carney triad]]. | The '''Carney complex''', also known as '''Carney syndrome''', '''NAME syndrome''' and '''LAMB syndrome''', is a bunch of things that occur together due to some genetic problem.<ref name=Ref_WMSP135>{{Ref WMSP|135}}</ref> It should not be confused with the [[Carney triad]]. | ||
It includes:<ref name=emed1097150o>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1097150-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1097150-overview]. Accessed on: 25 May 2011.</ref> | It includes:<ref name=emed1097150o>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1097150-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1097150-overview]. Accessed on: 25 May 2011.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 13:57, 23 May 2012
The Carney complex, also known as Carney syndrome, NAME syndrome and LAMB syndrome, is a bunch of things that occur together due to some genetic problem.[1] It should not be confused with the Carney triad.
It includes:[2]
NAME and LAMB are acronyms that were proposed later.[2]
Types
Two types exist:
Acronyms
NAME
NAME:
- Nevi.
- Atrial myxoma.
- Myxoid neurofibroma.
- Ephelides (freckles[5]).
- Pronounced e-FEE-le-DEEs.[6]
LAMB
LAMB:
- Lentigines.
- Focal melanocyte hyperplasia.
- Atrial myxomas.
- Mucocutaneous myxomas.
- Blue nevi.
See also
References
- ↑ Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 135. ISBN 978-0781765275.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1097150-overview. Accessed on: 25 May 2011.
- ↑ Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 160980
- ↑ Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 605244
- ↑ URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1119293-overview. Accessed on: 7 January 2011.
- ↑ URL: http://www.merriam-webster.com/medlineplus/ephelides. Accessed on: 8 February 2012.