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Carney Complex MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Carney Complex
Tree Number(s)
C04.557.450.565.550.312
C04.588.894.309.500
C14.280.459.500
C16.131.077.229
C16.131.831.108
Unique ID
D056733
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056733
Scope Note
Autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by cardiac and cutaneous MYXOMAS; LENTIGINOSIS (spotty pigmentation of the skin), and endocrinopathy and its associated endocrine tumors. The cardiac myxomas may lead to SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH and other complications in Carney complex patients. The gene coding for the PRKAR1A protein is one of the causative genetic loci (type 1). A second locus is at chromosome 2p16 (type 2).
Entry Term(s)
Carney Complex, Type 1
Carney Complex, Type 2
Carney Complex, Type I
Carney Complex, Type II
Carney Myxoma-Endocrine Complex
Carney Myxoma-Endocrine Complex, Type II
Carney Syndrome
LAMB - Lentigines, Atrial Myxoma, Mucocutaneous Myoma, Blue Nevus Syndrome
LAMB Syndrome
Myxoma, Spotty Pigmentation, and Endocrine Overactivity
NAME Syndrome
Nevi, Atrial Myxoma, Skin Myxoma, Ephelides Syndrome
NLM Classification #
WG 226
Public MeSH Note
2010
History Note
2010
Date Introduced
2010/01/01
Last Updated
2013/07/08
Carney Complex Preferred
Carney Complex, Type 1 Narrower
Carney Complex, Type 2 Narrower
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