Carney complex

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The Carney complex, also known as NAME syndrome and LAMB syndrome, is a bunch of things that occur together due to some genetic problem.[1]

NAME and LAMB are acronyms.

NAME

NAME:

LAMB

LAMB:

  • Lentigines.
  • Atrial myxomas.
  • Mucocutaneous myxomas.
  • Blue nevi.

References

  1. Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 135. ISBN 978-0781765275.
  2. URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1119293-overview. Accessed on: 7 January 2011.