[Carney's syndrome disclosed by hemoperitoneum]

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 1990;14(4):394-8.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors report a case of Carney's triad in a blood-group O woman who successively sustained a) at age 13, a multicentric gastric leiomyoblastoma revealed by an hemoperitoneum; b) 6 years later, a pulmonary chondroma diagnosed by chest standard roentgenogram and CT scan, associated with leiomyoblastoma recurrence and hepatic metastases; c) 10 years later, a juxta-carotid tumor of unknown (paraganglion?) origin. This patient is presently in good clinical condition, in spite of hepatic metastases known for 5 years. Based on this case and the 33 previously reported cases, the main features of this very unusual entity are analyzed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Chondroma / complications*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / complications
  • Hemoperitoneum / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Leiomyoma / complications*
  • Leiomyoma / secondary
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / complications
  • Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / complications
  • Stomach Neoplasms / complications*
  • Syndrome