A case of Carney complex misdiagnosed as neurofibromatosis type 1 - Diagnostic difficulty in a rare disease

• Main Authors: Yoshitane Tsukamoto, MD, PhD (Author), Masafumi Kurajyoh, MD, PhD (Author), Hidenori Koyama, MD, PhD (Author), Masao Kakibuchi, MD, PhD (Author), Shingo Yamamoto, MD, PhD (Author), Yuji Miyamoto, MD, PhD (Author), Hiroyuki Hao, MD, PhD (Author), Seiichi Hirota, MD, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We experienced a diagnostically challenging case of Carney complex (CNC). A 24-year-old woman had a past history of surgical removal of multiple cutaneous tumors in the childhood. She was followed as a patient of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and referred to our hospital for further treatment after...