title: Carney syndrome and the plastic surgeon: presentation, recognition, and evaluation.
abstract: Carney syndrome is a rare clinical entity usually treated by plastic surgeons. We present a patient with Carney syndrome and review the literature emphasising the plastic and reconstructive surgical aspects of the syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. perryc01@ummhc.org
authors.forename: Charles W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Douglas M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Rothkopf
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007911:Lentigo / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009386:Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods