[ carney complex: a report of a case]

Carney complex is a rare autosomal dominant disease. We report one case in a 26 year old female who presented in 1995 with Cushing's syndrome due to a 4 cm left adrenal adenoma. An adrenalectomy was performed and the tumour examination concluded that the tumour was mixed: medullary and adrenal tumor. In 1997, the patient was seen because of a pyramidal syndrome and a left boy hypoethesia secondary to a medullar melanotic schwannoma. In 2003, the Cushing's syndrome recurred because of a right adrenal tumor which was resected. At the same time, a thyroid nodule and a left ovarian cyst were discovered. A thyroid adenomectomy was performed and the tumour was found to be benign. Surgery for the ovarian cyst had not yet been performed. Few months tumour was found to be benign. Surgery for the ovarian cyst has not yet been performed. Few months later, the patient was seen because of a left breast ductal carcinoma. The association of these different tumors lead us to conclude that our patient had a Carney Complex. We discuss the clinical, genetical and evolutive specificities of this syndrome