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Belgian Endocrine Society 2020

Online, Online
11 Nov 2020 - 11 Nov 2020

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BES 2020

Carney complex presenting with significant cardiac myxomas and acromegaly, a case-report

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Carney complex presenting with significant cardiac myxomas and acromegaly, a case-report

Thibault Bourgeois , Annick Van den Bruel , Philippe Debonnaire , Wim Vergauwen , Sylvie Vandelanotte

Case: An eighteen-year-old male was forwarded to our department by the ophthalmologist because of the resection of an angiomyxoma of the right eyelid. Medical history included multiple surgically excisions of myxomatous tumors from the skin (gluteal, scapular…). Clinical examination showed some lentiginous lesions on his back and more important clear stigmata of acromegaly (tall stature, wide nose, large hands…). Hence our suspicion of a syndromic disorder, in part...