Genetic and Histologic Studies of Somatomammotropic Pituitary Tumors in Patients with the “Complex of Spotty Skin Pigmentation, Myxomas, Endocrine Overactivity and Schwannomas” (Carney Complex)¹

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Carney complex (CNC) is a familial multiple neoplasia and lentiginosis syndrome with features overlapping those of McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) and other multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndromes, MEN type 1 (MEN 1), in particular. GH-producing pituitary tumors have been described in individual reports and in at least two large CNC patient series. It has been suggested that the evolution of acromegaly in CNC...

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