Myxoma complex associated with transient hyperthyroidism: are diseases of the thyroid part of the complex?
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.
Piper
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Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Maleck
W H
WH
Triem
J G
JG
Isgro
F
F
Kaufmann
V
V
Saggau
W
W
D000328:Adult; D003480:Cushing Syndrome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism; D009232:Myxoma; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D013577:Syndrome