Table 3.
Conditions to be considered in the differential diagnosis of CNC per tissue manifestation
| Organ | Related Disorders |
|---|---|
| Heart (cardiac myxomas) | Sporadic myxomas
Familial myxomas due to mutation of a protein of the myosin family |
| Skin (lentigines) | Familial lentiginosis, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, LEOPARD syndrome, Noonan syndrome with lentiginosis, Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome |
| Skin (café-au-lait spots) | McCune-Albright syndrome, Neurofibromatosis type 1, Neurofibromatosis type 2, Watson syndrome |
| Skin (blue nevi) | Solitary lesions |
| Thyroid (tumors) | Cowden syndrome, Sporadic thyroid tumors |
| Testes (Large-cell calcifying Sertoli cell tumor (LCCSCT)) | Peutz-Jeghers syndrome |
| Ovarian (tumors) | Peutz-Jeghers syndrome |
| Adrenals | Sporadic isolated primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD) Isolated micronodular adrenocortical hyperplasia |
| Adrenocortical tumors | Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1), Congenital adrenal hyperplasia resulting from 21-hydroxylase deficiency, McCune-Albright syndrome |
| Pituitary (GH-secreting adenoma) | MEN1, Isolated Familial Somatotropinomas (IFS), Sporadic somatotropinomas |
| Schwannomas | Neurofibromatosis type 1, Neurofibromatosis type 2, Isolated familial schwannomatosis |