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Myxoma complex associated with transient hyperthyroidism: are diseases of the thyroid part of the complex?
S N Piper1, W H Maleck, J G Triem
1Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum Ludwigshafen, Germany.
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
|December 24, 1997
Abstract:
The myxoma complex is a very rare disease. We report on a 31-year-old woman who suffered a hyperthyreosis, which resolved spontaneously. A few months later she developed a Cushing's syndrome, caused by a primary adrenocortical nodular dysplasia. A bilateral adrenalectomy had to be performed. 15 months after this operation she developed a cerebral infarction caused by an embolus from a left atrial myxoma. Our patient is a further case of Carney's syndrome. The aspect of the hyperthyreosis is interesting: Perhaps disease of the thyroid represents a new element of Carney's syndrome.