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. 2020 Oct 21;15(3):1023–1030. doi: 10.1007/s12105-020-01241-0

Table 2.

Carney Complex (CNC) diagnostic criteria proposed by Stratakis, Kirschner, and Carney (2001)

Features Present case
Diagnostic criteria
1. Spotty skin pigmentation with a typical distribution (lips, conjunctiva and inner or outer canthi, vaginal and penile mucosa) Absent
2. Myxoma (cutaneous and mucosal)a Present (two cutaneous and two mucosal myxomas)
3. Cardiac myxomaa Present
4. Breast myxomatosisa or fat-suppressed magnetic resonance imaging findings suggestive of this diagnosis Absent
5. PPNADa or paradoxical positive response of urinary glucocorticosteroids to dexamethasone administration during Liddle’s test Absent
6. Acromegaly due to GH-producing adenomaa Present
7. LCCSCTa or characteristic calcification on testicular ultrasonography Not applicable
8. Thyroid carcinomaa or multiple, hypoechoic nodules on thyroid ultrasonography, in a young patient Absent
9. Psammomatous melanotic schwannomaa Absent
10. Blue nevus, epithelioid blue nevus (multiple)a Absent
11. Breast ductal adenoma (multiple)a Absent
12. Osteochondromyxomaa Absent
Supplemental criteria:
1. Affected first-degree relative Absent
2. Inactivating mutation of the PRKAR1A gene Not evaluated

To confirm a diagnosis of CNC, a patient must either: (1) exhibit two diagnostic features or (2) exhibit one diagnostic feature and one of the supplemental criteria [1]

aMicroscopically confirmed. GH growth hormone, LCCSCT large cell-calcifying Sertoli cell tumor, PPNAD primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease