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Bruno Augusto Linhares Almeida Mariz1, Elena María José Román Tager2, Carlos Cordón Fernandez3
1Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 901, Av. Limeira, Areão, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13414-903, Brazil. brunoaugustomariz@yahoo.com.br.
Abstract:
Carney complex (CNC) is a rare, autosomal dominant multiple neoplasia syndrome. Although cutaneous myxomas commonly occur in CNC patients, intraoral myxomas are extremely rare. We present a case of a palatal myxoma in a 21-year-old female patient with CNC, along with a review of the pertinent literature. She presented with a sessile nodule on the hard palate that microscopically showed a multilobulated and highly vascularized myxomatous tissue composed of loosely-arranged spindle, polygonal, and stellate cells, suggestive of myxoid neurofibroma. Six years after the oral lesion was removed, she presented with a growth hormone (GH)-producing pituitary adenoma, a cardiac myxoma, two cutaneous myxomas on the lower abdomen area, and one myxoma in the vaginal mucosa. Therefore, the final diagnosis of the palatal lesion was of a soft tissue myxoma related to CNC. The patient remains on close follow-up, with no recurrences of the palatal myxoma after 7 years.

