title: Myxoma complex associated with transient hyperthyroidism: are diseases of the thyroid part of the complex?
abstract: The myxoma complex is a very rare disease. We report on a 31-year-old woman who suffered a hyperthyreosis, which resolved spontaneously. A few months later she developed a Cushing's syndrome, caused by a primary adrenocortical nodular dysplasia. A bilateral adrenalectomy had to be performed. 15 months after this operation she developed a cerebral infarction caused by an embolus from a left atrial myxoma. Our patient is a further case of Carney's syndrome. The aspect of the hyperthyreosis is interesting: Perhaps disease of the thyroid represents a new element of Carney's syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum Ludwigshafen, Germany.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Piper
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Maleck
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Triem
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Isgro
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Saggau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003480:Cushing Syndrome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism; D009232:Myxoma; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D013577:Syndrome