A new variant of Carney's triad: phaeochromocytoma and chondrosarcoma

A 61 year old hypertensive woman presented in 1986 with a right scapular ch ondrosarcoma. She developed type 1 diabetes mellitus in 1991 and suffered a stroke in 1991. Chest radiography showed pulmonary metastases in 1997. Fur ther radiological staging detected a right sided phaeochromocytoma, which w as subsequently removed in 1998. Before this, repeated urine estimations of vanillylmandelic acid had been normal. Her diabetes was cured by adrenalec tomy. It is believed that the combination of phaeochromocytoma and extrapul monary chondrosarcoma represents a new variant of Carney's triad.