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Revision as of 14:04, 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.
NAME and LAMB are acronyms that were proposed later.[2]
In addition to the elements in NAME and LAMB, it includes:
Types
Two types exist:
Acronyms
NAME
NAME:
- Nevi.
- Atrial myxoma.
- Myxoid neurofibroma.
- Ephelides (freckles[6]).
- Pronounced e-FEE-le-DEEs.[7]
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.
- ↑ Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 554. ISBN 978-1416054542.
- ↑ 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.