Key result
Surgical resection of biatrial myxomas with pulmonary embolism unmasks underlying Carney complex.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Alerts clinicians to Carney complex in multiple myxomas with systemic features; leaves open optimal surveillance protocols.
A 30-year-old man presented with chest pain and was diagnosed with biatrial myxomas and pulmonary embolism. He underwent resection of the biatrial myxomas and tumor embolectomy from the pulmonary artery. The histological diagnosis was multiple cardiac myxomas. Further examination showed that this patient also had spotty pigmentations, cutaneous myxomas, and acromegaly. He was diagnosed with Carney complex.
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Yamada et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Biatrial myxomas and pulmonary embolism in Carney complex (n=1). Resection of biatrial myxomas and tumor embolectomy was evaluated. Surgical resection and tumor embolectomy in a 30-year-old man with biatrial myxomas and pulmonary embolism confirmed multiple cardiac myxomas and led to a diagnosis of Carney complex.
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