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Profuse pigmented skin lesions

MedGen UID:
371819
Concept ID:
C1834424
Finding
HPO: HP:0005587

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVProfuse pigmented skin lesions

Conditions with this feature

Carney complex, type 1
MedGen UID:
388559
Concept ID:
C2607929
Disease or Syndrome
Carney complex (CNC) is characterized by skin pigmentary abnormalities, myxomas, endocrine tumors or overactivity, and schwannomas. Pale brown to black lentigines are the most common presenting feature of CNC and typically increase in number at puberty. Cardiac myxomas occur at a young age, may occur in any or all cardiac chambers, and can manifest as intracardiac obstruction of blood flow, embolic phenomenon, and/or heart failure. Other sites for myxomas include the skin, breast, oropharynx, and female genital tract. Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD), which causes Cushing syndrome, is the most frequently observed endocrine tumor in CNC, occurring in approximately 25% of affected individuals. Large-cell calcifying Sertoli cell tumors (LCCSCTs) are observed in one third of affected males within the first decade and in most adult males. Up to 75% of individuals with CNC have multiple thyroid nodules, most of which are nonfunctioning thyroid follicular adenomas. Clinically evident acromegaly from a growth hormone (GH)-producing adenoma is evident in approximately 10% of adults. Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma (PMS), a rare tumor of the nerve sheath, occurs in an estimated 10% of affected individuals. The median age of diagnosis is 20 years.

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Etiology

Al-Mayouf SM, AlMehaidib A, Bahabri S, Shabib S, Sakati N, Teebi AS
Clin Exp Rheumatol 2005 Sep-Oct;23(5):717-20. PMID: 16173255
Ros AM, Wennersten G, Lagerholm B
Acta Derm Venereol 1983;63(3):215-21. PMID: 6192634

Diagnosis

Dodeja A, Pande S, Madke B
PLoS One 2023;18(8):e0289562. Epub 2023 Aug 15 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289562. PMID: 37582080Free PMC Article
Al-Mayouf SM, AlMehaidib A, Bahabri S, Shabib S, Sakati N, Teebi AS
Clin Exp Rheumatol 2005 Sep-Oct;23(5):717-20. PMID: 16173255

Therapy

Ros AM, Wennersten G, Lagerholm B
Acta Derm Venereol 1983;63(3):215-21. PMID: 6192634

Prognosis

Ros AM, Wennersten G, Lagerholm B
Acta Derm Venereol 1983;63(3):215-21. PMID: 6192634

Clinical prediction guides

Dodeja A, Pande S, Madke B
PLoS One 2023;18(8):e0289562. Epub 2023 Aug 15 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289562. PMID: 37582080Free PMC Article
Ros AM, Wennersten G, Lagerholm B
Acta Derm Venereol 1983;63(3):215-21. PMID: 6192634

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