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HomeCirculationVol. 100, No. 25Carney Complex Free AccessOtherPDF/EPUBAboutView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toFree AccessOtherPDF/EPUBCarney Complex Christian Gaissmaier Christian GaissmaierChristian Gaissmaier Ulm, Germany Search for more papers by this author Originally published21 Dec 1999https://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.100.25.e150Circulation. 1999;100:e150To the Editor:In their interesting article “Identification of a novel genetic locus for familial cardiac myxomas and Carney Complex ”(Circulation. 1998;98:2560–2566), Casey et al report on the genetics of cardiac myxomas in patients with Carney complex. Some of your readers, including myself, may ask why the syndrome has been termed Carney “complex” (rather than “Carney syndrome”). A search revealed that J.A. Carney already published a syndrome that today bears his name: the triad of pulmonary chondroma, gastric epithelioid leiomyosarcoma, and functioning extra-adrenal paraganglioma1 is listed in “Jablonski’s Dictionary of Syndromes and Eponymic Diseases”2 as Carney syndrome. References 1 Carney JA. The triad of gastric epithelioid leiomyosarcoma, functioning extra-adrenal paraganglioma, and pulmonary chondroma. Cancer.1979; 43:374–382.CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2 Jablonski S. Jablonski’s Dictionary of Syndromes and Eponymic Diseases. 2nd ed. Melbourne, Fla: Krieger Publishing Company; 1991:101.Google ScholarcirculationahaCirculationCirculationCirculation0009-73221524-4539Lippincott Williams & WilkinsResponseBasson Craig T., MD, PhD, Casey Mairead, BA, Mah Caroline, BA, Merliss Andrew D., MD, Kirschner Lawrence S., MD, PhD, Taymans Susan E., PhD, Stratakis Constantine A., MD, PhD, Denio Alfred E., MD, Korf Bruce, MD, PhD, Irvine Alan D., MRCP, Hughes Anne, PhD, and Carney J. Aidan, MD, PhD21121999We appreciate Dr Gaissmaier’s comments, which highlight a difficulty created by eponymic nomenclature. The triad of gastric leiomyosarcoma, pulmonary chondroma, and extra-adrenal paraganglioma (OMIM No. 168000R1 ) was in fact described by J. Aidan CarneyR2 and is referred to as Carney syndrome. This triad, though, is nonfamilial and is distinct from the familial disorder of cardiac myxomas, spotty pigmentation, and endocrinopathy (OMIM No. 160980R1 ) discussed in our report.R3 The latter disorder, also described by Dr Carney and bearing his name, is therefore referred to as Carney complex to distinguish the 2 entities. Previous Back to top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited By Deux J, Mayer J, Colombier D, Guendouz S, Lapeyre M, Lim P, Luciani A, Kobeiter H, Monin J and Rahmouni A (2011) Masses et thrombus Imagerie Cardiaque : Scanner et IRM, 10.1016/B978-2-294-71225-8.00017-2, (205-230), . SABA S, MATHIER M, MEHDI H, LIU T, CHOI B, LONDON B and SALAMA G (2008) Dual-Dye Optical Mapping after Myocardial Infarction: Does the Site of Ventricular Stimulation Alter the Properties of Electrical Propagation?, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00998.x, 19:2, (197-202), Online publication date: 1-Feb-2008. December 21, 1999Vol 100, Issue 25 Advertisement Article InformationMetrics Copyright © 1999 by American Heart Associationhttps://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.100.25.e150 Originally publishedDecember 21, 1999 PDF download Advertisement

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