Lung abscess complicating chondromas in Carney's syndrome.
Carney's syndrome consists of a combination of three rare tumours: gastric leiomyosarcoma, pulmonary chondroma and catecholamine-secreting paraganglioma. We describe a young woman with Carney's syndrome, who developed a lung abscess, due to obstruction of a bronchus by a chondroma, 11 yrs after having had a partial gastrectomy for a leiomyosarcoma.
Convery
R P
RP
Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Grainger
A J
AJ
Bhatnagar
N K
NK
Scott
D
D
Bourke
S J
SJ
D000328:Adult; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D002812:Chondroma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications*; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome
D002395:Catecholamines