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The '''Carney triad''' is the occurrence of three tumours in the same patient.  

It should not be confused with the ''[[Carney complex]]''.

==The triad==
It is composed of:<ref name=pmid20848108>{{cite journal |author=Agaimy A, Hartmann A |title=[Hereditary and non-hereditary syndromic gastointestinal stromal tumours] |language=German |journal=Pathologe |volume=31 |issue=6 |pages=430–7 |year=2010 |month=October |pmid=20848108 |doi=10.1007/s00292-010-1354-6 |url=}}</ref>
*Gastric [[gastrointestinal stromal tumour]] (GIST).
*Pulmonary [[chondroma]].
*[[Paraganglioma]] (extra-adrenal).

==Trivia==
The triad predated the [[GIST]] and was initially described as be composed of a (gastric) [[leiomyoma]], paraganglioma and (pulmonary) chondroma.<ref name=pmid6843355 >{{cite journal |author=Carney JA |title=The triad of gastric epithelioid leiomyosarcoma, pulmonary chondroma, and functioning extra-adrenal paraganglioma: a five-year review |journal=Medicine (Baltimore) |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=159–69 |year=1983 |month=May |pmid=6843355 |doi= |url=}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Carney complex]].

==References==
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